Himmelskörper
[ˈhɪml̩sˌkœʁpɐ]
The verdict
“Himmelskörper” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #39,422 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,422
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kosmisches Objekt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Himmelskörper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪml̩sˌkœʁpɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #39,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Himmelskörper” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Himmelskörper is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɪml̩sˌkœʁpɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,422 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kosmisches Objekt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Himmelskörper, with forms such as "hhimmelskörper", "himelskörper", and "himemlskörper". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Himmelskörper, spelled H-I-M-M-E-L-S-K-Ö-R-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1kosmisches Objekt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhimmelskörper,himelskörper,himemlskörper,himmelksörper,himmellskörper,himmelskkörper,himmelskröper,himmelsköprer,himmelskörepr,himmelskörperr,himmelskörpper,himmelskörpre,himmelskörrper,himmelsskörper,himmelsökrper,himmeslkörper,himmleskörper,hmimelskörper,ihmmelskörper
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Himmelskörper - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Himmelskörper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-M-M-E-L-S-K-Ö-R-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɪml̩sˌkœʁpɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.