heimkommen
[ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“heimkommen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,606 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,606
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich auf den Weg nach Hause machen, auf dem Weg nach Hause sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimkommen · heimkommen · German
heimkommen · rank #54,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,606
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH heiligsten
Nearest frequency peer: heiligsten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “heimkommen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Heckscheibe
Heckscheibe
45,397 corpus weight
- heiligsten
heiligsten
45,396 corpus weight
- heimkommen
heimkommen
45,395 corpus weight
- heiz
heiz
45,394 corpus weight
- herausgezog…
herausgezogen
45,392 corpus weight
- Herzrasen
Herzrasen
45,391 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “heimkommen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heimkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heimkommen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
heimkommen is uncommon German at frequency #54,606 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heimkommen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is heimkommen, spelled H-E-I-M-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich auf den Weg nach Hause machen, auf dem Weg nach Hause sein
- 2zu Hause ankommen
Synonyms
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 "heimkommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.