unheilig
[ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“unheilig” is uncommon German (frequency #52,515 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,515
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht heilig, unfromm
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unheilig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unheilig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unheilig is uncommon German at frequency #52,515 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌhaɪ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht heilig, unfromm".
unheilig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unheilig, spelled U-N-H-E-I-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht heilig, unfromm
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-H-E-I-L-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.