hügelig
[ˈhyːɡəlɪç]
The verdict
“hügelig” is uncommon German (frequency #84,127 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,127
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Hügeln besetzt, bestanden sein, in der Art und Weise von Hügeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-hugelig · hügelig · German
hügelig · rank #84,127 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,127
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Höhenzug
Nearest frequency peer: Höhenzug (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hügelig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hundeschule
Hundeschule
15,879 corpus weight
- Höhenzug
Höhenzug
15,876 corpus weight
- hügelig
hügelig
15,874 corpus weight
- ICEs
ICEs
15,872 corpus weight
- IKRK
IKRK
15,871 corpus weight
- immerfort
immerfort
15,870 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hügelig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hügelig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhyːɡəlɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hügelig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hügelig is uncommon German at frequency #84,127 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhyːɡəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Hügeln besetzt, bestanden sein, in der Art und Weise von Hügeln".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hügelig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hügelig, spelled H-Ü-G-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit Hügeln besetzt, bestanden sein, in der Art und Weise von Hügeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hügelig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach Süden hin beginnt eine hügelige Landschaft.
Hinter dem Waldesrand wurde der Weg hügelig.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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