huge

[çju̟ːd͡ʒ]

/[çju̟ːd͡ʒ]/ adj

The verdict

“huge” is uncommon German (frequency #55,425 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,425
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - riesengroß, riesig

Corpus desk

Index DE-huge · huge · German

huge · rank #55,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,425
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hula

Nearest frequency peer: hula (+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 „huge“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for huge
PropertyValue
Headwordhuge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[çju̟ːd͡ʒ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „huge“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hula“ (#55,426), „HSS“ (#55,423), „however“ (#55,422). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „huge“ bei #55,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

huge is uncommon German at frequency #55,425 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [çju̟ːd͡ʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "riesengroß, riesig".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for huge, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 huge, spelled H-U-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    riesengroß, riesig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Russia is a huge country.
  2. Jupiter is the hugest planet.

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 "huge"?
"huge" is spelled H-U-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [çju̟ːd͡ʒ].
What does "huge" mean?
As an adjective, "huge" means: riesengroß, riesig
How do you pronounce "huge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huge" is [çju̟ːd͡ʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huge" come from?
"huge" 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 "huge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list