Hufnagel
[ˈhuːfˌnaːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Hufnagel” is uncommon German (frequency #98,606 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,606
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schmiedeeiserner Nagel, mit dem ein Hufeisen am Huf befestigt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hufnagel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhuːfˌnaːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hufnagel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hufnagel is uncommon German at frequency #98,606 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhuːfˌnaːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmiedeeiserner Nagel, mit dem ein Hufeisen am Huf befestigt wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hufnagel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Hufnagel, spelled H-U-F-N-A-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1schmiedeeiserner Nagel, mit dem ein Hufeisen am Huf befestigt wird
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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Using “Hufnagel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-U-F-N-A-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhuːfˌnaːɡl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.