Bügel
The verdict
“Bügel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #30,977 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,977
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Kleiderbügel, ein leicht gebogener Träger mit Haken in der Mitte, auf den man Kleidung hängt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bügel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbyːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #30,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bügel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bügel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbyːɡl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,977 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bügel, with forms such as "bbügel", "bgüel", and "büegl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bull", "bugs", "Bühl", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bügel, spelled B-Ü-G-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Kleiderbügel, ein leicht gebogener Träger mit Haken in der Mitte, auf den man Kleidung hängt
- 2Steigbügel, Stütze für den Fuß des Reiters
- 3eines der zwei Seitenteile einer Brille, die diese auf den Ohren hält
- 4Schutzvorrichtung am Abzug eines Gewehrs
- 5gebogenes Metallteil, an dem der Verschluss einer Handtasche angebracht ist
- 6der gebogene Rahmen einer Säge, Bügelsäge, in den man das Sägeblatt einspannt
- 7Stromabnehmer bei elektrisch betriebenen Fahrzeugen, zum Beispiel bei der Straßenbahn
- 8ein Teil eines Büstenhalters, der die Körbchen in Form hält
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbügel,bgüel,büegl,bügell,büggel,bügle,übgel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bügel — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Bügel"
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.
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Using “Bügel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-Ü-G-E-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbyːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bull” — see the side-by-side comparison. Bügel vs bull
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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