Heidelberg
The verdict
“Heidelberg” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,843
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Bade-Wurtemberg.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heidelberg · Heidelberg · French
Heidelberg · rank #32,843 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,843
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hasardeux
Nearest frequency peer: hasardeux (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Heidelberg »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Hammer
Hammer
67,161 corpus weight
- hardi
hardi
67,160 corpus weight
- hasardeux
hasardeux
67,159 corpus weight
- Heidelberg
Heidelberg
67,158 corpus weight
- Heineken
Heineken
67,156 corpus weight
- hibernation
hibernation
67,155 corpus weight
What this shows « Heidelberg » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heidelberg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Heidelberg »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Heidelberg, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,843 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heidelberg, with forms such as "ehidelberg", "hedielberg", and "heiddelberg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Heidelberg, spelled H-E-I-D-E-L-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Ville d’Allemagne, située dans le Bade-Wurtemberg.
- 2Arrondissement autour de cette ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Heidelberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'université de Heidelberg est la plus ancienne université allemande.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehidelberg
- hedielberg
- heiddelberg
- heideblerg
- heidelbberg
- heidelbegr
- heidelbergg
- heidelberrg
- heidelbreg
- heidelebrg
- heidellberg
- heidleberg
- heiedlberg
- hheidelberg
- hiedelberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heidelberg - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Heidelberg", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).