heterogen

[heteʁoˈɡeːn]

/[heteʁoˈɡeːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“heterogen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,154 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,154
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uneinheitlich, aus Ungleichartigem zusammengesetzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-heterogen · heterogen · German

heterogen · rank #52,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,154
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herrschaftlic…

Nearest frequency peer: herrschaftlichen (-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 „heterogen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heterogen
PropertyValue
Headwordheterogen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[heteʁoˈɡeːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heterogen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).heterogenfällt 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: „herrschaftlichen“ (#52,153), „heterogenen“ (#52,155), „hermetisch“ (#52,152). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heterogen“ bei #52,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heterogen is uncommon German at frequency #52,154 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [heteʁoˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for heterogen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 heterogen, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    uneinheitlich, aus Ungleichartigem zusammengesetzt
  2. 2
    einer anderen Gattung angehörend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei einem heterogenen Netzwerk handelt es sich um ein Netzwerk mit unterschiedlichen Typen von Systemkomponenten, wie z.B. Routern verschiedener Hersteller.
  2. „Doch das Bahmani-Sultanat war zu rasch gewachsen und zu heterogen, um zusammenzuhalten.“

Synonyms

gemischtinhomogenuneinheitlichungleichartigvermischtverschiedenartig

Antonyms

homogen

This word in other languages

heterogeneous(English)hétérogène(Français)

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 "heterogen"?
"heterogen" is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [heteʁoˈɡeːn].
What does "heterogen" mean?
As an adjective, "heterogen" means: uneinheitlich, aus Ungleichartigem zusammengesetzt
How do you pronounce "heterogen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heterogen" is [heteʁoˈɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heterogen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

heftigste#52,150Hochaltar#52,158höflicher#52,170invisible#52,180

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list