Herzmuskel

[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩]

/[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Herzmuskel” is uncommon German (frequency #87,828 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,828
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muskelgewebe des Herzens, das sich zwischen der Herzaußenhaut und der Herzinnenhaut (Endokard) befindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-herzmuskel · Herzmuskel · German

Herzmuskel · rank #87,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,828
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hervortretend…

Nearest frequency peer: hervortretenden (-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 „Herzmuskel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herzmuskel
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerzmuskel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzmuskel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hervortretenden“ (#87,827), „Hesses“ (#87,829), „herunterfallen“ (#87,826). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herzmuskel“ bei #87,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herzmuskel is uncommon German at frequency #87,828 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Muskelgewebe des Herzens, das sich zwischen der Herzaußenhaut und der Herzinnenhaut (Endokard) befindet".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Herzmuskel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Herzmuskel, spelled H-E-R-Z-M-U-S-K-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muskelgewebe des Herzens, das sich zwischen der Herzaußenhaut und der Herzinnenhaut (Endokard) befindet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Herzmuskel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als Herzkranzgefäß wird ein Blutgefäß bezeichnet, das den Herzmuskel mit Blut versorgt.
  2. „Da ein kardiogener Schock drohe, also ein Pumpversagen des Herzmuskels, sei der Patient in ein künstliches Koma versetzt worden, da das Herz im komatösen Zustand weniger Belastung ausgesetzt sei.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herzmuskel"?
"Herzmuskel" is spelled H-E-R-Z-M-U-S-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩].
What does "Herzmuskel" mean?
As a noun, "Herzmuskel" means: Muskelgewebe des Herzens, das sich zwischen der Herzaußenhaut und der Herzinnenhaut (Endokard) befindet
How do you pronounce "Herzmuskel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herzmuskel" is [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌmʊskl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herzmuskel" come from?
"Herzmuskel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list