Beagle

[ˈbiːɡl̩]

/[ˈbiːɡl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Beagle” is uncommon German (frequency #59,474 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,474
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - britische Hunderasse

Corpus desk

Index DE-beagle · Beagle · German

Beagle · rank #59,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,474
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH baulicher

Nearest frequency peer: baulicher (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Beagle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Beagle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beagle
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeagle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbiːɡl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,474
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beagle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Beaglefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „baulicher“ (#59,473), „beantwortest“ (#59,475), „befruchtet“ (#59,476). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beagle“ bei #59,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beagle is uncommon German at frequency #59,474 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "britische Hunderasse".

No misspelling variants are generated for Beagle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Beagle, spelled B-E-A-G-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    britische Hunderasse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Beagle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In einzelnen Boxen warteten Hunde der verschiedensten Rassen auf neue Besitzer, darunter Shih Tzu, Beagle und Malteser.“
  2. „Die beiden Hunde waren Beagles, kurzbeinig und hektisch, sprangen immer wieder in den brusthohen Schnee oder pflügten mit der Nase hindurch, schleuderten unter heftigem Schwanzgewirbel Schnee hoch und an ihren Ohren vorbei und blickten dann mit weißen Brauen und Lefzen auf, gnomenhaft und mit grauen Gesichtern wie alte Männer.“

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beagle"?
"Beagle" is spelled B-E-A-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiːɡl̩].
What does "Beagle" mean?
As a noun, "Beagle" means: britische Hunderasse
How do you pronounce "Beagle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beagle" is [ˈbiːɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beagle" come from?
"Beagle" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beagle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list