Heidegger
/ˈhaɪdɛɡəɹ/
"heidegger" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Heidegger” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,598
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heidegger · Heidegger · English
Heidegger · rank #36,598 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,598
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hegel
Nearest frequency peer: Hegel (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Heidegger”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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haystack
63,406 corpus weight
- hearthstone
hearthstone
63,405 corpus weight
- Hegel
Hegel
63,404 corpus weight
- Heidegger
Heidegger
63,403 corpus weight
- Helga
Helga
63,402 corpus weight
- helical
helical
63,401 corpus weight
What this shows “Heidegger” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heidegger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdɛɡəɹ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Heidegger”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Heidegger (IPA /ˈhaɪdɛɡəɹ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,598 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from German.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heidegger, with forms such as "ehidegger", "hediegger", and "heiddegger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Heidegger. The correct English form is Heidegger, spelled H-E-I-D-E-G-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Heidegger.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehidegger
- hediegger
- heiddegger
- heidegegr
- heideger
- heideggerr
- heideggre
- heidgeger
- heiedgger
- hheidegger
- hiedegger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heidegger - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).