Heirat
\ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt\
The verdict
“Heirat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mariage, acte de se marier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heirat · Heirat · French
Heirat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Heirat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Heirat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mariage, acte de se marier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Heirat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Heirat, spelled H-E-I-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Mariage, acte de se marier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Heirat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eines Tages, vor einem weihnachtlichen Geschäft, hatte sich Jeanne, die hingerissen das Schaufenster betrachtete, an ihn geschmiegt und gesagt: «Wie schön!» Er hatte ihr Handgelenk gedrückt. So war die Heirat beschlossen worden.
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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.