Heilanstalt
[ˈhaɪ̯lʔanˌʃtalt]
The verdict
“Heilanstalt” is uncommon German (frequency #75,753 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,753
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung von Kranken/Süchtigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heilanstalt · Heilanstalt · German
Heilanstalt · rank #75,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,753
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hehlerei
Nearest frequency peer: Hehlerei (-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 „Heilanstalt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hauf
Hauf
24,251 corpus weight
- Hedda
Hedda
24,250 corpus weight
- Hehlerei
Hehlerei
24,249 corpus weight
- Heilanstalt
Heilanstalt
24,248 corpus weight
- heimo
heimo
24,247 corpus weight
- Henna
Henna
24,245 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heilanstalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heilanstalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lʔanˌʃtalt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heilanstalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heilanstalt is uncommon German at frequency #75,753 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lʔanˌʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung von Kranken/Süchtigen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Heilanstalt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Heilanstalt, spelled H-E-I-L-A-N-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung von Kranken/Süchtigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heilanstalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir beschließen, ihn sofort in eine Heilanstalt zu überführen.“
„Die Heilanstalt war im Jahr 1844 von dem aus Linz am Rhein stammenden Psychiater Dr. Franz Richarz gegründet worden.“
Synonyms
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).