heirate

[ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə]

/[ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“heirate” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,754
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten

Corpus desk

Index DE-heirate · heirate · German

heirate · rank #22,754 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH heat

Nearest frequency peer: heat (-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 „heirate“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „heirate“ 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).

heirate vs Hirte
57% similar
heirate vs heiraten
88% similar
heirate vs heiratet
88% similar

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

Key facts for heirate
PropertyValue
Headwordheirate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,754
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „heirate“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „heat“ (#22,753), „Herangehensweise“ (#22,756), „Hansi“ (#22,751). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heirate“ bei #22,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around heirate (IPA [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,754 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for heirate, with forms such as "ehirate", "heiarte", and "heiraet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Hirte", "heiraten", "heiratet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is heirate, spelled H-E-I-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehirate
  • heiarte
  • heiraet
  • heirrate
  • heirtae
  • heriate
  • hheirate
  • hierate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heirate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehirate2heiarte2heiraet2heirrate1heirtae2heriate2hheirate1hierate2
Edit distance from "heirate"

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 "heirate"?
"heirate" is spelled H-E-I-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə].
What does "heirate" mean?
As a verb, "heirate" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten
What words are commonly confused with "heirate"?
"heirate" is commonly confused with "Hirte", "heiraten", "heiratet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heirate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heirate" is [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heirate" come from?
"heirate" 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 "heirate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Glasgow#22,746hingeht#22,763Hubraum#22,766Islands#22,780

Similar misspelling depth

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

Kapuze8 variantsfemale8 variantsKrems8 variantserfülle8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list