hilfreich
\ˈhɪlfʁaɪ̯ç\
The verdict
“hilfreich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serviable, secourable, utile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hilfreich · hilfreich · French
hilfreich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hilfreich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhɪlfʁaɪ̯ç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hilfreich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhɪlfʁaɪ̯ç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serviable, secourable, utile.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hilfreich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hilfreich, spelled H-I-L-F-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Serviable, secourable, utile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hilfreich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du warst sehr hilfreich.
Durch die sorgfältige Zusammenarbeit von Dickdarm und Darmflora bekommen wir außerdem eine Extradosis energiereicher Fettsäuren, Vitamin K, Vitamin B12, Thiamin (Vitamin B1) und Riboflavin (Vitamin B2). Das ist für vieles hilfreich, zum Beispiel für eine funktionierende Blutgerinnung, für starke Nerven oder auch als Schutz vor Migräne.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.