heiligen
[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“heiligen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,971
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas heilig machen, weihen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heiligen · heiligen · German
heiligen · rank #1,971 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,971
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH grade
Nearest frequency peer: grade (-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 „heiligen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geändert
geändert
98,033 corpus weight
- grade
grade
98,031 corpus weight
- heiligen
heiligen
98,030 corpus weight
- Information
Information
98,029 corpus weight
- Johannes
Johannes
98,028 corpus weight
- Kino
Kino
98,027 corpus weight
What this shows „heiligen“ 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 | heiligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „heiligen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around heiligen (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,971 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for heiligen, with forms such as "ehiligen", "heiilgen", and "heilgien". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "heutigen", "Heiliger", "heiliges", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is heiligen, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas heilig machen, weihen
- 2etwas rechtfertigen oder zumindest als gerechtfertigt erscheinen lassen
- 3etwas als heilig, wertvoll und unantastbar, betrachten und dann dementsprechend behandeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heiligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pius IX. führte diese bessere Zeit herbei, Ventura predigte die Befreiung der Völker und der Papst heiligte diese Befreiung durch seinen Segen.
Heiligt der Zweck wirklich alle Mittel?
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehiligen
- heiilgen
- heilgien
- heiliegn
- heiligenn
- heiliggen
- heiligne
- heilligen
- heliigen
- hheiligen
- hieligen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heiligen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "heiligen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).