# Hel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,823

## Definitions
1. The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
2. The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms).

## Etymology
From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”).

## Easily confused with
- **hi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hi)
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-ho)
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hr)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hp)
- **hm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hm)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hq)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hu)
- **HK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hk)
- **HG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hg)
- **HH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hh)
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hv)
- **hn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hn)
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-his)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-her)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-how)
- **him** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-him)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hit)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hot)
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hey)
- **hip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-hip)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hel