heilsam
[ˈhaɪ̯lzaːm]
The verdict
“heilsam” is uncommon German (frequency #66,303 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,303
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden dazu bewegend, umzudenken / sich zu bessern
Corpus desk
Index DE-heilsam · heilsam · German
heilsam · rank #66,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,303
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hefen
Nearest frequency peer: Hefen (-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 „heilsam“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hdl
hdl
33,701 corpus weight
- Heeresgruppe
Heeresgruppe
33,700 corpus weight
- Hefen
Hefen
33,699 corpus weight
- heilsam
heilsam
33,698 corpus weight
- heimatlos
heimatlos
33,697 corpus weight
- Heimsuchung
Heimsuchung
33,696 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heilsam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heilsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lzaːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heilsam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heilsam is uncommon German at frequency #66,303 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for heilsam in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 heilsam, spelled H-E-I-L-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1jemanden dazu bewegend, umzudenken / sich zu bessern
- 2heilend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heilsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein neuer Ölpreisschock wäre heilsam, weil wir dann endlich ernsthaft CO₂ einsparen würden.
Druck ist mitunter heilsam: Käme bis zum Wochenende keine Regierung in Spanien zustande, müsste es Neuwahlen geben. Doch die fürchten die Sozialisten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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