gebügelt

[ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t]

/[ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t]/ adj

The verdict

“gebügelt” is uncommon German (frequency #54,550 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,550
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Bügeleisen geglättet

Corpus desk

Index DE-gebugelt · gebügelt · German

gebügelt · rank #54,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,550
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gebirgen

Nearest frequency peer: Gebirgen (-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 „gebügelt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gebügelt
PropertyValue
Headwordgebügelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gebügelt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gebirgen“ (#54,549), „gebührenfrei“ (#54,551), „Gebieter“ (#54,548). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gebügelt“ bei #54,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gebügelt is uncommon German at frequency #54,550 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Bügeleisen geglättet".

No misspelling variants are generated for gebügelt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gebügelt, spelled G-E-B-Ü-G-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem Bügeleisen geglättet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ich bin ebenso überrascht von seiner Liebenswürdigkeit wie von seiner äußeren Erscheinung, mit dem gestärkten Baumwollhemd, der gebügelten Hose mit einem braunen Ledergürtel im gleichen Farbton wie die spitzen Schuhe.“

Antonyms

ungebügelt

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 "gebügelt"?
"gebügelt" is spelled G-E-B-Ü-G-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t].
What does "gebügelt" mean?
As an adjective, "gebügelt" means: mit einem Bügeleisen geglättet
How do you pronounce "gebügelt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gebügelt" is [ɡəˈbyːɡl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gebügelt" come from?
"gebügelt" 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 "gebügelt", 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