Beluga

[beˈluːɡa]

/[beˈluːɡa]/ noun

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The verdict

“Beluga” is uncommon German (frequency #77,741 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,741
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weißer Wal aus der Familie der Gründelwale

Corpus desk

Index DE-beluga · Beluga · German

Beluga · rank #77,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,741
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belastungsgre…

Nearest frequency peer: Belastungsgrenze (-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 „Beluga“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beluga
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeluga
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[beˈluːɡa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,741
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beluga“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Belugafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Belastungsgrenze“ (#77,740), „bereitgestellte“ (#77,742), „beklemmend“ (#77,739). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beluga“ bei #77,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beluga is uncommon German at frequency #77,741 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈluːɡa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weißer Wal aus der Familie der Gründelwale".

Beluga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Beluga, spelled B-E-L-U-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    weißer Wal aus der Familie der Gründelwale

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Belugas leben im Nordpolarmeer.

Synonyms

Weißwal

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 "Beluga"?
"Beluga" is spelled B-E-L-U-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [beˈluːɡa].
What does "Beluga" mean?
As a noun, "Beluga" means: weißer Wal aus der Familie der Gründelwale
How do you pronounce "Beluga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beluga" is [beˈluːɡa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beluga" come from?
"Beluga" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Beines#77,737bedank#77,729Basken#77,719Brösel#77,783

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list