Heber
[ˈheːbɐ]
The verdict
“Heber” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,951
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person oder Vorrichtung, die hebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-heber · Heber · German
Heber · rank #43,951 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,951
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH having
Nearest frequency peer: having (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Heber“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hauptwohnsi…
Hauptwohnsitz
56,053 corpus weight
- Hausfrieden…
Hausfriedensbruch
56,052 corpus weight
- having
having
56,051 corpus weight
- Heber
Heber
56,050 corpus weight
- Heimatdorf
Heimatdorf
56,049 corpus weight
- Heimspielen
Heimspielen
56,048 corpus weight
What this shows „Heber“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːbɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Heber“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Heber (IPA [ˈheːbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,951 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heber, with forms such as "ehber", "hbeer", and "hebber". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "her", "hier", "Herr", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heber, spelled H-E-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person oder Vorrichtung, die hebt
- 2Gerät zum Entleeren eines Gefäßes unter Ausnutzung des hydrostatischen Drucks
- 3Person, welche die Sportart Gewichtheben ausübt
- 4(hydraulische) Vorrichtung zum Heben schwerer Lasten
- 5Ball, der über den Gegenspieler gespielt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Küfer nimmt den Heber in die Rechte und die Probiergläschen in die Linke, löst den Spund, taucht den Heber ein, füllt die Gläser und reicht sie um.“
„Der einfache mechanisch oder hydraulisch betätigte Heber ist bei Starrachsen sicher unterzuschieben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehber
- hbeer
- hebber
- heberr
- heebr
- hheber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heber - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Heber", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).