Heizer
[ˈhaɪ̯t͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Heizer” is uncommon German (frequency #53,770 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,770
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die beruflich für die Beheizung von Dampfkesseln, Heizungsanlagen und Verbrennungsanlagen vorwiegend bei Dampflokomotiven und Dampfschiffen sorgt
Corpus desk
Index DE-heizer · Heizer · German
Heizer · rank #53,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,770
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heimatlandes
Nearest frequency peer: Heimatlandes (-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 „Heizer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heckklappe
Heckklappe
46,234 corpus weight
- Heiligtümer
Heiligtümer
46,233 corpus weight
- Heimatlandes
Heimatlandes
46,232 corpus weight
- Heizer
Heizer
46,231 corpus weight
- Heldentaten
Heldentaten
46,230 corpus weight
- hennes
hennes
46,228 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heizer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heizer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯t͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heizer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heizer is uncommon German at frequency #53,770 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯t͡sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Heizer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Heizer, spelled H-E-I-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die beruflich für die Beheizung von Dampfkesseln, Heizungsanlagen und Verbrennungsanlagen vorwiegend bei Dampflokomotiven und Dampfschiffen sorgt
- 2bis zum Jahr 1938 Dienstgrad der deutschen Marine
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heizer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei ersten Versuchen benutzte man kleine, auf dem Tender aufgestellte Kolbendampfmaschinen, deren Regelung jedoch vom Heizer zu viel Aufmerksamkeit forderte.“
„Die Mannschaftsräume waren klein und bis zur Unerträglichkeit überfüllt, alles war da zusammengewürfelt: Matrosen, Heizer, Signalgasten und Funker.“
This word in other languages
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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