Heiland
[ˈhaɪ̯ˌlant]
The verdict
“Heiland” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,590
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beiname für Jesus Christus
Corpus desk
Index DE-heiland · Heiland · German
Heiland · rank #32,590 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,590
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Helmstedt
Nearest frequency peer: Helmstedt (+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 „Heiland“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hausarbeiten
Hausarbeiten
67,414 corpus weight
- hay
hay
67,413 corpus weight
- Heiland
Heiland
67,411 corpus weight
- Helmstedt
Helmstedt
67,410 corpus weight
- herausnehmen
herausnehmen
67,409 corpus weight
- herrsche
herrsche
67,408 corpus weight
What this shows „Heiland“ 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 | Heiland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯ˌlant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Heiland“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Heiland (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯ˌlant]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,590 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heiland, with forms such as "ehiland", "heialnd", and "heiladn". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "heilen", "Holland", "Heilung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heiland, spelled H-E-I-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Beiname für Jesus Christus
- 2eine in Not helfende Person, Retter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heiland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Trotz aller Verbrechen […] sei der Heiland in diese Welt geboren worden, unterstrich Meisner in seiner Weihnachtspredigt am Freitag im Kölner Dom.“
„Die glänzend gespielten Rührseligkeiten der Geschichte bearbeiteten mich, die Erzählstränge legten sich um mich wie Schlangen und zogen sich in Erwartung des Heilandes enger und enger zusammen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehiland
- heialnd
- heiladn
- heilandd
- heilannd
- heilland
- heilnad
- heliand
- hheiland
- hieland
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heiland - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Heiland", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).