Eule
[ˈɔɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Eule” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,286 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,286
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nachtaktiver, in Wäldern lebender Raubvogel mit kurzem, krummem Schnabel und großen, scharfen Augen, der seinen rundlichen Kopf bis zu 270° drehen kann
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔɪ̯lə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eule” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eule is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔɪ̯lə]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,286 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eule, with forms such as "elue", "euel", and "eulle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eye", "eve", "ewe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Eule, spelled E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1nachtaktiver, in Wäldern lebender Raubvogel mit kurzem, krummem Schnabel und großen, scharfen Augen, der seinen rundlichen Kopf bis zu 270° drehen kann
- 2Nachtfalter aus der Familie der Eulenfalter
- 3ein Mensch, der regelmäßig bis spät nachts wach ist und infolgedessen eine bis zur Mittagszeit reichende Schlafphase braucht
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elue,euel,eulle,uele
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eule - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Eule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔɪ̯lə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “eye” - see the side-by-side comparison. Eule vs eye
- 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.