Blutegel

[ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]

/[ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Blutegel” is uncommon German (frequency #50,337 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,337
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-blutegel · Blutegel · German

Blutegel · rank #50,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,337
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bitterkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Bitterkeit (-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 „Blutegel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blutegel
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlutegel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Blutegel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Blutegelfällt 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: „Bitterkeit“ (#50,336), „BMBF“ (#50,338), „Biedermeier“ (#50,335). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Blutegel“ bei #50,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blutegel is uncommon German at frequency #50,337 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Blutegel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Blutegel, spelled B-L-U-T-E-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Sümpfe waren voller Blutegel.
  2. „Die viel zu großen Augen schienen sich daran festzusaugen wie Blutegel, als wollten sie das Bild fressen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Blutegel"?
"Blutegel" is spelled B-L-U-T-E-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩].
What does "Blutegel" mean?
As a noun, "Blutegel" means: im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen
How do you pronounce "Blutegel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blutegel" is [ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blutegel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list