heraus
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“heraus” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #830 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #830
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von dort drinnen nach hier außen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heraus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heraus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for heraus is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]. Corpus data places it at rank #830 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for heraus, with forms such as "ehraus", "hearus", and "herasu". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "herum", "hinaus", "heroes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 heraus, spelled H-E-R-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1von dort drinnen nach hier außen
- 2weg, entfernt
- 3veröffentlicht, an die Öffentlichkeit gebracht
- 4öffentlich zugängig
- 5bekannt machen
- 6jemand oder etwas steht fest, ist bekannt
- 7ist ermittelt
- 8ist entschieden
- 9etwas überwunden, überstanden haben
- 10Verstärkung der Präposition aus in kausalem Sinn: aus … heraus
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehraus,hearus,herasu,herauss,herraus,heruas,hheraus,hreaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heraus - 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 “heraus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-A-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɛˈʁaʊ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “herum” - see the side-by-side comparison. heraus vs herum
- 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.