hud

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The verdict

“hud” is uncommon German (frequency #87,857 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,857
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größtes Sinnesorgan bei Menschen und Tieren, das gleichzeitig als Schutz des darunter liegenden Gewebes, der Atmung, Wärmeregulierung und anderem dient; Haut

Corpus desk

Index DE-hud · hud · German

hud · rank #87,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,857
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hurst

Nearest frequency peer: hurst (+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 „hud“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hud
PropertyValue
Headwordhud
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,857
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hud“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hudfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hurst“ (#87,858), „Hotlines“ (#87,855), „Häfner“ (#87,861). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hud“ bei #87,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hud is uncommon German at frequency #87,857 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hud, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hud, spelled H-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    größtes Sinnesorgan bei Menschen und Tieren, das gleichzeitig als Schutz des darunter liegenden Gewebes, der Atmung, Wärmeregulierung und anderem dient; Haut
  2. 2
    beim Tier auch die mit Haar bekleidete Haut; Fell

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tina har känslig hud hon måste sitta i skuggan.
  2. Man tog prover av lejonens hud och skelett.

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 "hud"?
"hud" is spelled H-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hud" mean?
As a noun, "hud" means: größtes Sinnesorgan bei Menschen und Tieren, das gleichzeitig als Schutz des darunter liegenden Gewebes, der Atmung, Wärmeregulierung und anderem dient; Haut
How do you pronounce "hud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hud" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hud" come from?
"hud" 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 "hud", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list