Heterosexualität

[ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt]

/[ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Heterosexualität” is uncommon German (frequency #82,881 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,881
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sexuelles Interesse für das andere Geschlecht

Corpus desk

Index DE-heterosexualitat · Heterosexualität · German

Heterosexualität · rank #82,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,881
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hexenschuss

Nearest frequency peer: Hexenschuss (+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 „Heterosexualität“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Heterosexualität
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeterosexualität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt]
Letters16
Frequency rank#82,881
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Heterosexualität“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hexenschuss“ (#82,882), „hinausgeworfen“ (#82,883), „hervorgerufene“ (#82,878). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heterosexualität“ bei #82,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Heterosexualität is uncommon German at frequency #82,881 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sexuelles Interesse für das andere Geschlecht".

Heterosexualität doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heterosexualität, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sexuelles Interesse für das andere Geschlecht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Des Weiteren verfolgt er den Anspruch, einen grundsätzlichen Perspektivenwandel in der Geschichtsschreibung herbeizuführen, da diese die Geschichte bisher als eine der Heterosexualitäten entfaltet.“
  2. „Aus den ersten beiden Komponenten ergibt sich dann anhand der zur Verfügung stehenden sexuellen Orientierungen eine breite Palette von Homo-, Bi-, Trans- und Heterosexualitäten.“

Antonyms

HomosexualitätAsexualitätBisexualitätPansexualität

This word in other languages

heterosexuality(English)heterosexualidad(Español)

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 "Heterosexualität"?
"Heterosexualität" is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt].
What does "Heterosexualität" mean?
As a noun, "Heterosexualität" means: sexuelles Interesse für das andere Geschlecht
How do you pronounce "Heterosexualität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heterosexualität" is [ˌhetəʁosɛksualiˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heterosexualität" come from?
"Heterosexualität" 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 "Heterosexualität", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hochentwickelten#82,887Gleichzeitigkeit#82,831geschlechtlichen#82,804Geburtstagstorte#82,783

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list