heil
\haɪ̯l\
The verdict
“heil” is uncommon French (frequency #50,882 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,882
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heil · heil · French
heil · rank #50,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,882
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Haïfa
Nearest frequency peer: Haïfa (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « heil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- harmonieuses
harmonieuses
49,122 corpus weight
- harmonium
harmonium
49,121 corpus weight
- Haïfa
Haïfa
49,120 corpus weight
- heil
heil
49,119 corpus weight
- hermétiques
hermétiques
49,118 corpus weight
- heuristique
heuristique
49,116 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « heil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \haɪ̯l\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heil is uncommon French at frequency #50,882 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \haɪ̯l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for heil in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is heil, spelled H-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Sain.
- 2Indemne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Humboldts Miene hellte sich auf, als er erfuhr, daß an diesem Ort Curare angefertigt wurde. (...) Humboldt betrachtete seinen Zeigefinger. Dann steckte er ihn in die Schüssel und leckte ihn ab. Der Meister stieß einen Schrei aus. Keine Sorge, sagte Humboldt. Sein Finger sei heil, seine Mundhöhle auch. Wenn man keine Wunden habe, müsse der Stoff verträglic…
Trotz des Zusammenstoßes sind die Fahrräder noch heil.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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