heterogenen

[heteʁoˈɡeːnən]

/[heteʁoˈɡeːnən]/ adj

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The verdict

“heterogenen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,155 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,155
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen

Corpus desk

Index DE-heterogenen · heterogenen · German

heterogenen · rank #52,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,155
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH heterogen

Nearest frequency peer: heterogen (-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 „heterogenen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heterogenen
PropertyValue
Headwordheterogenen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[heteʁoˈɡeːnən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heterogenen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).heterogenenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „heterogen“ (#52,154), „hierarchische“ (#52,156), „herrschaftlichen“ (#52,153). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heterogenen“ bei #52,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heterogenen is uncommon German at frequency #52,155 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [heteʁoˈɡeːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for heterogenen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 heterogenen, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-E-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen

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 "heterogenen"?
"heterogenen" is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-E-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [heteʁoˈɡeːnən].
What does "heterogenen" mean?
As an adjective, "heterogenen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heterogen
How do you pronounce "heterogenen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heterogenen" is [heteʁoˈɡeːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list