Ghul
[ɡuːl]
The verdict
“Ghul” 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
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (im muslimisch-orientalischen Kontext) zu den Dschinn gehörendes dämonenhaftes Fabelwesen, das unterschiedliche (vor allem menschliche) Gestalten annimmt und das Reisende an abgelegenen, ansonsten ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ghul |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡuːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ghul” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ghul is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡuːl]. 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: "(im muslimisch-orientalischen Kontext) zu den Dschinn gehörendes dämonenhaftes Fabelwesen, das unterschiedliche (vor allem menschliche) Gestalten annimmt und das Reisende an abgelegenen, ansonsten ...".
Ghul has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct German form is Ghul, spelled G-H-U-L.
Definition
- 1(im muslimisch-orientalischen Kontext) zu den Dschinn gehörendes dämonenhaftes Fabelwesen, das unterschiedliche (vor allem menschliche) Gestalten annimmt und das Reisende an abgelegenen, ansonsten unbewohnten Orten (vor allem in der Wüste) irreführt und sie so in den sicheren Tod schickt (nach europäischer Hinzudeutung ab dem 18. Jahrhundert tötet es Menschen an diesen abgelegenen Orten aktiv und verschlingt ihre Leichen oder, wenn es auf keine lebendigen Menschen trifft, treibt es vor allem auf Friedhöfen als Grabräuber und Leichenfresser sein Unwesen)
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ghul”
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- The one correct German spelling is G-H-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.