heraus
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“heraus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #830
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von dort drinnen nach hier außen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heraus · heraus · German
heraus · rank #830 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #830
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Informationen
Nearest frequency peer: Informationen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “heraus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Februar
Februar
99,174 corpus weight
- Frankreich
Frankreich
99,173 corpus weight
- heraus
heraus
99,171 corpus weight
- Information…
Informationen
99,170 corpus weight
- kennt
kennt
99,169 corpus weight
- Kritik
Kritik
99,168 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “heraus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Wo “heraus” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around heraus (IPA [hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #830 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heraus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heraus mit dir ins Freie!
Sein hohler Zahn war endlich 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heraus", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "heraus". Here's where to go from here.
- "heraus" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "herum". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #830 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.