Heirat

[ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]

/[ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Heirat” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,924. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,924
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - festliches Ereignis, bei dem zwei Menschen den Bund der Ehe schließen oder sich verpartnern

Corpus desk

Index DE-heirat · Heirat · German

Heirat · rank #9,924 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,924
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hebel

Nearest frequency peer: Hebel (-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 „Heirat“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Heirat“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Heirat vs Hirt
67% similar
Heirat vs Hera
67% similar
Heirat vs herab
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Heirat
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeirat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,924
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Heirat“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Heiratliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Hebel“ (#9,923), „Henning“ (#9,925), „has“ (#9,922). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heirat“ bei #9,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Heirat (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,924 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "festliches Ereignis, bei dem zwei Menschen den Bund der Ehe schließen oder sich verpartnern".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heirat, with forms such as "ehirat", "heiart", and "heiratt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Hirt", "Hera", "herab", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heirat, spelled H-E-I-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    festliches Ereignis, bei dem zwei Menschen den Bund der Ehe schließen oder sich verpartnern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Heirat der beiden war im April.
  2. „Nach ihrer Heirat im Jahr 1939 zogen sie von dort nach Berlin, wo mein Vater eine Stelle als Vermessungsingenieur bei der Deutschen Reichsbahn angetreten hatte.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehirat
  • heiart
  • heiratt
  • heirrat
  • heirta
  • heriat
  • hheirat
  • hierat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heirat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehirat2heiart2heiratt1heirrat1heirta2heriat2hheirat1hierat2
Edit distance from "Heirat"

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 "Heirat"?
"Heirat" is spelled H-E-I-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt].
What does "Heirat" mean?
As a noun, "Heirat" means: festliches Ereignis, bei dem zwei Menschen den Bund der Ehe schließen oder sich verpartnern
What words are commonly confused with "Heirat"?
"Heirat" is commonly confused with "Hirt", "Hera", "herab". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Heirat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heirat" is [ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heirat" come from?
"Heirat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list