Selbstheilung

[ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ]

/[ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Selbstheilung” is uncommon German (frequency #87,047 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,047
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Heilung aus eigener Kraft, ohne Unterstützung und Hilfsmittel geschehendes Heilen von Verletzungen und Krankheiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-selbstheilung · Selbstheilung · German

Selbstheilung · rank #87,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,047
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH selbstgemacht…

Nearest frequency peer: selbstgemachter (-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 „Selbstheilung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Selbstheilung
PropertyValue
HeadwordSelbstheilung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#87,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstheilung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „selbstgemachter“ (#87,046), „Selbstsucht“ (#87,048), „Sekundentakt“ (#87,045). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Selbstheilung“ bei #87,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Selbstheilung is uncommon German at frequency #87,047 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Heilung aus eigener Kraft, ohne Unterstützung und Hilfsmittel geschehendes Heilen von Verletzungen und Krankheiten".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Selbstheilung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Selbstheilung, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-H-E-I-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Heilung aus eigener Kraft, ohne Unterstützung und Hilfsmittel geschehendes Heilen von Verletzungen und Krankheiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie zog ächzend an der Tür und ignorierte den Schmerz in ihren Händen, so gut sie konnte, indem sie an ihre bevorstehende Selbstheilung dachte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Selbstheilung"?
"Selbstheilung" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-H-E-I-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ].
What does "Selbstheilung" mean?
As a noun, "Selbstheilung" means: Heilung aus eigener Kraft, ohne Unterstützung und Hilfsmittel geschehendes Heilen von Verletzungen und Krankheiten
How do you pronounce "Selbstheilung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Selbstheilung" is [ˈzɛlpstˌhaɪ̯lʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Selbstheilung" come from?
"Selbstheilung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list