heiligsprechen
[ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“heiligsprechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden offiziell in den Stand eines Heiligen erheben
Corpus desk
Index DE-heiligsprechen · heiligsprechen · German
heiligsprechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heiligsprechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heiligsprechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heiligsprechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden offiziell in den Stand eines Heiligen erheben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heiligsprechen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heiligsprechen, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden offiziell in den Stand eines Heiligen erheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heiligsprechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst 500 Jahre nach ihrem Tod wurde sie durch den Papst heiliggesprochen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.