Heim
\haɪ̯m\
The verdict
“Heim” is uncommon French (frequency #64,500 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,500
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison, foyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heim · Heim · French
Heim · rank #64,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,500
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haussement
Nearest frequency peer: haussement (-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 « Heim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- handel
handel
35,504 corpus weight
- handle
handle
35,503 corpus weight
- haussement
haussement
35,502 corpus weight
- Heim
Heim
35,501 corpus weight
- herder
herder
35,499 corpus weight
- Hernani
Hernani
35,498 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Heim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \haɪ̯m\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Heim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Heim is uncommon French at frequency #64,500 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \haɪ̯m\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Heim doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Heim, spelled H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1Maison, foyer.
- 2Domicile.
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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