heulte

[ˈhɔɪ̯ltə]

/[ˈhɔɪ̯ltə]/ verb

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The verdict

“heulte” is uncommon German (frequency #71,444 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,444
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen

Corpus desk

Index DE-heulte · heulte · German

heulte · rank #71,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,444
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herzhafte

Nearest frequency peer: herzhafte (-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 „heulte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heulte
PropertyValue
Headwordheulte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhɔɪ̯ltə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heulte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.heultefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herzhafte“ (#71,443), „hervorrief“ (#71,442), „Hereingabe“ (#71,441). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heulte“ bei #71,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heulte is uncommon German at frequency #71,444 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɔɪ̯ltə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for heulte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 heulte, spelled H-E-U-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen

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 "heulte"?
"heulte" is spelled H-E-U-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɔɪ̯ltə].
What does "heulte" mean?
As a verb, "heulte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heulen
How do you pronounce "heulte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heulte" is [ˈhɔɪ̯ltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heulte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heulte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hadert#71,426Hungen#71,462greens#71,409glotzt#71,404

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list