# hetero

> German word · Adjective · IPA [ˈheːteʁo] · frequency rank #17,326

## Definitions
1. sexuelle Orientierung für Personen des anderen Geschlechts

## Easily confused with
- **heuer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hetero-vs-heuer)
- **Hüter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hetero-vs-huter)
- **Hexer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hetero-vs-hexer)
- **Hetzer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hetero-vs-hetzer)
- **Heer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heer-vs-hetero)
- **Hero** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hero-vs-hetero)
- **Heere** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heere-vs-hetero)
- **Heber** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heber-vs-hetero)
- **Heger** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heger-vs-hetero)
- **Hemer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hemer-vs-hetero)
- **heiter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heiter-vs-hetero)
- **heitere** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heitere-vs-hetero)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ehtero`, `heetro`, `heteor`, `heterro`, `hetreo`, `hettero`, `hhetero`, `hteero`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/hetero