Heidenau
[ˈhaɪ̯dənaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Heidenau” is uncommon German (frequency #55,399 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,399
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-heidenau · Heidenau · German
Heidenau · rank #55,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,399
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haustüren
Nearest frequency peer: Haustüren (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Heidenau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hauskauf
Hauskauf
44,605 corpus weight
- Hausnummern
Hausnummern
44,604 corpus weight
- Haustüren
Haustüren
44,603 corpus weight
- Heidenau
Heidenau
44,602 corpus weight
- Heiligsprec…
Heiligsprechung
44,601 corpus weight
- Heimbach
Heimbach
44,600 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heidenau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heidenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯dənaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heidenau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heidenau is uncommon German at frequency #55,399 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯dənaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Heidenau in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Heidenau, spelled H-E-I-D-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Heidenau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heidenau liegt in Deutschlands Osten.
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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