heillos
[ˈhaɪ̯lloːs]
The verdict
“heillos” is uncommon German (frequency #68,322 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,322
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne nennenswerte Aussicht auf Besserung
Corpus desk
Index DE-heillos · heillos · German
heillos · rank #68,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,322
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heidelbeeren
Nearest frequency peer: Heidelbeeren (-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 „heillos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hauptursach…
Hauptursachen
31,682 corpus weight
- Headsets
Headsets
31,681 corpus weight
- Heidelbeeren
Heidelbeeren
31,680 corpus weight
- heillos
heillos
31,679 corpus weight
- heir
heir
31,678 corpus weight
- Hendl
Hendl
31,675 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heillos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heillos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lloːs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heillos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heillos is uncommon German at frequency #68,322 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne nennenswerte Aussicht auf Besserung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heillos, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is heillos, spelled H-E-I-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne nennenswerte Aussicht auf Besserung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heillos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Befürchtet wird eine weitere heillose Talfahrt der Aktienkurse.“
„Die Nummerierung der Betten war ein heilloses Durcheinander.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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