Heidelberg
[ˈhaɪ̯dl̩bɛʁk]
The verdict
“Heidelberg” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,319
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im nordwestlichen Baden-Württemberg
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 | Heidelberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯dl̩bɛʁk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Heidelberg” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Heidelberg (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯dl̩bɛʁk]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,319 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heidelberg, with forms such as "ehidelberg", "hedielberg", and "heiddelberg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Heisenberg", "Heidelberger", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Heidelberg, spelled H-E-I-D-E-L-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Stadt im nordwestlichen Baden-Württemberg
- 2Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehidelberg
- hedielberg
- heiddelberg
- heideblerg
- heidelbberg
- heidelbegr
- heidelbergg
- heidelberrg
- heidelbreg
- heidelebrg
- heidellberg
- heidleberg
- heiedlberg
- hheidelberg
- hiedelberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heidelberg - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Heidelberg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-I-D-E-L-B-E-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaɪ̯dl̩bɛʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Heisenberg” - see the side-by-side comparison. Heidelberg vs Heisenberg
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.