# helmet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɛlmɪt/ · frequency rank #6,917

## Definitions
1. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
2. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
3. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
4. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
5. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
6. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
7. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.

## Easily confused with
- **helms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-helms)
- **Hulme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-hulme)
- **helped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-helped)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-holmes)
- **helper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-helper)
- **Hermes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-hermes)
- **hermit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-hermit)
- **helm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helm-vs-helmet)
- **Helen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helen-vs-helmet)
- **heller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heller-vs-helmet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehlmet`, `helemt`, `hellmet`, `helmett`, `helmmet`, `helmte`, `hemlet`, `hhelmet`, `hlemet`

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