heterosexuell
[ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛl]
The verdict
“heterosexuell” is uncommon German (frequency #62,502 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,502
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausschließlich sexuelle Neigung zum anderen Geschlecht habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-heterosexuell · heterosexuell · German
heterosexuell · rank #62,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,502
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinarbeiten
Nearest frequency peer: hinarbeiten (+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 „heterosexuell“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- herkommst
herkommst
37,502 corpus weight
- hervortreten
hervortreten
37,501 corpus weight
- heterosexue…
heterosexuell
37,499 corpus weight
- hinarbeiten
hinarbeiten
37,498 corpus weight
- hingehe
hingehe
37,497 corpus weight
- hinlegt
hinlegt
37,496 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heterosexuell“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heterosexuell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #62,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heterosexuell“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heterosexuell is uncommon German at frequency #62,502 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ausschließlich sexuelle Neigung zum anderen Geschlecht habend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heterosexuell, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heterosexuell, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-S-E-X-U-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1ausschließlich sexuelle Neigung zum anderen Geschlecht habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heterosexuell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die heterosexuellen Neigungen werden im Gegensatz zu den homosexuellen nur äußert selten hinterfragt, sondern viel mehr als Norm betrachtet.
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.
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