heul
[hɔɪ̯l]
The verdict
“heul” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,110
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heulen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heul · heul · German
heul · rank #33,110 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,110
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hervorruft
Nearest frequency peer: hervorruft (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „heul“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Herten
Herten
66,894 corpus weight
- hervorging
hervorging
66,893 corpus weight
- hervorruft
hervorruft
66,892 corpus weight
- heul
heul
66,891 corpus weight
- hicks
hicks
66,890 corpus weight
- hinters
hinters
66,889 corpus weight
What this shows „heul“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | heul |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɔɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „heul“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around heul (IPA [hɔɪ̯l]), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,110 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heulen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for heul, with forms such as "ehul", "helu", and "heull". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hl", "hey", "Hut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is heul, spelled H-E-U-L.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heulen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehul
- helu
- heull
- hheul
- huel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heul - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heul", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).