heidnische

Name: heidnische, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə]

/[ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“heidnische” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,211
frequency rank, German: 3,372
“H” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-heidnische · heidnische · German

heidnische · rank #48,211 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #48,211
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 3,372
PHOTO-FINISH hegte

Nearest frequency peer: hegte (-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.

Hauptaufgab…

51,794
Hauptschulen

51,793
Haushaltspl…

51,792
hegte

51,791
heidnische

51,790
hej

51,788

What this shows „heidnische“ 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).

heidnische vs heimische

80% similar

heidnische vs heidnischen

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for heidnische
Property	Value
Headword	heidnische
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#48,211
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „heidnische“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).heidnischeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#48,211

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hegte“ (#48,210), „Haushaltsplan“ (#48,209), „hej“ (#48,213). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heidnische“ bei #48,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around heidnische (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,211 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for heidnische, with forms such as "ehidnische", "hedinische", and "heiddnische". 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, "heimische", "heidnischen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is heidnische, spelled H-E-I-D-N-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ehidnische
hedinische
heiddnische
heidinsche
heidnicshe
heidniscche
heidnisceh
heidnischhe
heidnishce
heidnissche
heidnnische
heidnsiche
heindische
hheidnische
hiednische

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heidnische - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "heidnische"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heidnische"?

"heidnische" is spelled H-E-I-D-N-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə].

What does "heidnische" mean?

As an adjective, "heidnische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heidnisch

What words are commonly confused with "heidnische"?

"heidnische" is commonly confused with "heimische", "heidnischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "heidnische"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heidnische" is [ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "heidnische" come from?

"heidnische" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heidnische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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