heimatlos
\aj.ma.tlos\
The verdict
“heimatlos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apatride.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heimatlos · heimatlos · French
heimatlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heimatlos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \aj.ma.tlos\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heimatlos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heimatlos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \aj.ma.tlos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for heimatlos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is heimatlos, spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Apatride.
- 2Qualifie un exilé, notamment pour fuir le nazisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heimatlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est ce que le tribunal de la Seine a fort bien compris quand il a décidé qu’un israélite heimatlos ne pouvait se réclamer de la loi mosaïque.
Mais c’est tout de même drôle, avouez-le, de rencontrer à tout instant des gaillards qui parlent de la lutte des classes avec des tortillements d’auriculaire, des soupirs et des airs navrés comme s’ils appartenaient vraiment à on ne sait quelle humanité supérieure alors qu’une hâtive adaptation fait de la plupart d’entre eux des êtres socialement heimatlos.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.