heckler

/[…]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,468

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

heckler is aGermannoun. It means: eine Person, die eine andere stört, irritiert und belästigt Pronounced […]. Often confused with heller and Henker.

Key facts for heckler
PropertyValue
Headwordheckler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,468
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of heckler in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for heckler is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,468 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Person, die eine andere stört, irritiert und belästigt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for heckler, with forms such as "ehckler", "hcekler", and "hecckler". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "heller", "Henker", "Hocker", 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 German form is heckler, spelled H-E-C-K-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
    eine Person, die eine andere stört, irritiert und belästigt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehckler,hcekler,hecckler,heckelr,heckkler,hecklerr,heckller,hecklre,heclker,hekcler,hheckler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for heckler

Misspelling Variants of "heckler"

ehckler7hcekler7hecckler8heckelr7heckkler8hecklerr8heckller8hecklre7
Misspelling Variants of "heckler"

Frequency rank: #47,468 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heckler"?
"heckler" is spelled H-E-C-K-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "heckler" mean?
As a noun, "heckler" means: eine Person, die eine andere stört, irritiert und belästigt
What words are commonly confused with "heckler"?
"heckler" is commonly confused with "heller", "Henker", "Hocker". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heckler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heckler" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heckler" come from?
"heckler" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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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.