Helikopter
[heliˈkɔptɐ]
The verdict
“Helikopter” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #15,653 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,653
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Luftfahrzeug, das durch einen oder mehrere waagerechte Rotoren in der Luft gehalten wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Helikopter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [heliˈkɔptɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Helikopter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Helikopter is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [heliˈkɔptɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,653 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Luftfahrzeug, das durch einen oder mehrere waagerechte Rotoren in der Luft gehalten wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Helikopter, with forms such as "ehlikopter", "heilkopter", and "helikkopter". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Helikopter, spelled H-E-L-I-K-O-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Luftfahrzeug, das durch einen oder mehrere waagerechte Rotoren in der Luft gehalten wird
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehlikopter,heilkopter,helikkopter,helikopetr,helikoppter,helikopterr,helikoptre,helikoptter,helikotper,helikpoter,heliokpter,helkiopter,hellikopter,hhelikopter,hleikopter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Helikopter - 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.
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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Using “Helikopter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-L-I-K-O-P-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [heliˈkɔptɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.