heiligem

[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm]

/[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm]/ adj

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The verdict

“heiligem” is uncommon German (frequency #79,279 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,279
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heilig

Corpus desk

Index DE-heiligem · heiligem · German

heiligem · rank #79,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,279
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heiligtums

Nearest frequency peer: Heiligtums (+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 „heiligem“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heiligem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heiligem
PropertyValue
Headwordheiligem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heiligem“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).heiligemfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heiligtums“ (#79,280), „Heia“ (#79,277), „Hausgemeinschaft“ (#79,276). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heiligem“ bei #79,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heiligem is uncommon German at frequency #79,279 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for heiligem in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is heiligem, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heilig
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heilig

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 "heiligem"?
"heiligem" is spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm].
What does "heiligem" mean?
As an adjective, "heiligem" means: Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heilig
How do you pronounce "heiligem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heiligem" is [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heiligem" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

herrisch#79,285Hitliste#79,294Hofdamen#79,297häufigem#79,309

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list