heimatlos

[ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs]

/[ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“heimatlos” is uncommon German (frequency #66,304 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,304
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Heimat habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-heimatlos · heimatlos · German

heimatlos · rank #66,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,304
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH heilsam

Nearest frequency peer: heilsam (-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 „heimatlos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heimatlos
PropertyValue
Headwordheimatlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heimatlos“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).heimatlosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „heilsam“ (#66,303), „Heimsuchung“ (#66,305), „Hefen“ (#66,302). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heimatlos“ bei #66,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heimatlos is uncommon German at frequency #66,304 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keine Heimat habend".

No misspelling variants are generated for heimatlos in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is heimatlos, spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    keine Heimat habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how heimatlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In unserer Stadt gibt es ein Wohnheim für heimatlose Flüchtlinge.

This word in other languages

stateless(English)apatride(Français)

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 "heimatlos"?
"heimatlos" is spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs].
What does "heimatlos" mean?
As an adjective, "heimatlos" means: keine Heimat habend
How do you pronounce "heimatlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heimatlos" is [ˈhaɪ̯maːtloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heimatlos" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

helfenden#66,308hauchdünn#66,294Hilferufe#66,319Hodensack#66,326

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list