Erdhügel
[ˈeːɐ̯tˌhyːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Erdhügel” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleine bis mittelgroße Erhebung, bestehend aus Erdreich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erdhügel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯tˌhyːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erdhügel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Erdhügel is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːɐ̯tˌhyːɡl̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleine bis mittelgroße Erhebung, bestehend aus Erdreich".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Erdhügel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erdhügel, spelled E-R-D-H-Ü-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1kleine bis mittelgroße Erhebung, bestehend aus Erdreich
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.
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Using “Erdhügel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-D-H-Ü-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːɐ̯tˌhyːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.