hügelig
[ˈhyːɡəlɪç]
The verdict
“hügelig” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,127 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #84,127
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit Hügeln besetzt, bestanden sein, in der Art und Weise von Hügeln
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for hügelig is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhyːɡəlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,127 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ü-G-E-L-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.