heroische

[heˈʁoːɪʃə]

/[heˈʁoːɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“heroische” is uncommon German (frequency #60,661 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,661
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-heroische · heroische · German

heroische · rank #60,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,661
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heringe

Nearest frequency peer: Heringe (-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 „heroische“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heroische“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heroische
PropertyValue
Headwordheroische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[heˈʁoːɪʃə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,661
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heroische“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).heroischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heringe“ (#60,660), „hervorgegangene“ (#60,662), „herausgibt“ (#60,659). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heroische“ bei #60,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heroische is uncommon German at frequency #60,661 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [heˈʁoːɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heroische, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is heroische, spelled H-E-R-O-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch

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 "heroische"?
"heroische" is spelled H-E-R-O-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [heˈʁoːɪʃə].
What does "heroische" mean?
As an adjective, "heroische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heroisch
How do you pronounce "heroische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heroische" is [heˈʁoːɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heroische" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heroische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list