heller

/^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,059

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

heller is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pièce valant à l’origine un pfennig puis dévalorisé en 1385 par un édit impérial à la valeur d’un demi pfennig, équivalent du denier. Utilisé en Allemagne, Autriche et Suisse. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\. Often confused with hello and Hitler.

Key facts for heller
PropertyValue
Headwordheller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,059
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of heller in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for heller is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,059 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for heller, with forms such as "ehller", "helelr", and "heler". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "hello", "Hitler", "hurler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is heller, spelled H-E-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce valant à l’origine un pfennig puis dévalorisé en 1385 par un édit impérial à la valeur d’un demi pfennig, équivalent du denier. Utilisé en Allemagne, Autriche et Suisse.
  2. 2
    Unité de masse prussienne qui valait la 1024ᵉ partie d’une livre, soit moins de 1/2 gramme.
  3. 3
    Centime de la couronne austro-hongroise (Krone, XIXᵉ et XXᵉ siècles).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehller,helelr,heler,hellerr,hellre,hheller,hleler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for heller

Misspelling Variants of "heller"

ehller6helelr6heler5hellerr7hellre6hheller7hleler6
Misspelling Variants of "heller"

Frequency rank: #31,059 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heller"?
"heller" is spelled H-E-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\.
What does "heller" mean?
As a noun, "heller" means: Pièce valant à l’origine un pfennig puis dévalorisé en 1385 par un édit impérial à la valeur d’un demi pfennig, équivalent du denier. Utilisé en Allemagne, Autriche et Suisse.
What words are commonly confused with "heller"?
"heller" is commonly confused with "hello", "Hitler", "hurler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heller" is ^((h aspiré))\ɛ.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heller" come from?
"heller" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.