heimisch
[ˈhaɪ̯mɪʃ]
The verdict
“heimisch” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,920
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Heimat gehörend; zum Land gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimisch · heimisch · German
heimisch · rank #18,920 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,920
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heilt
Nearest frequency peer: heilt (-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 „heimisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hector
hector
81,083 corpus weight
- heilt
heilt
81,082 corpus weight
- heimisch
heimisch
81,081 corpus weight
- Helfern
Helfern
81,080 corpus weight
- helles
helles
81,079 corpus weight
- Herzegowina
Herzegowina
81,078 corpus weight
What this shows „heimisch“ 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 | heimisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯mɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „heimisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around heimisch (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯mɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,920 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for heimisch, with forms such as "ehimisch", "heiimsch", and "heimicsh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "heimlich", "hektisch", "Hessisch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heimisch, spelled H-E-I-M-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zur Heimat gehörend; zum Land gehörig
- 2vertraut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heimisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Koala ist in Australien heimisch.
Vor der Besiedlung waren dort zwar 250 Vogelarten, aber keine Säugetiere heimisch, außer drei Sorten von Fledermäusen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehimisch
- heiimsch
- heimicsh
- heimiscch
- heimischh
- heimishc
- heimissch
- heimmisch
- heimsich
- hemiisch
- hheimisch
- hiemisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heimisch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "heimisch", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).