hula

[hùːláː]

/[hùːláː]/ noun

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The verdict

“hula” is uncommon German (frequency #55,426 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,426
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung; Hut, Mütze

Corpus desk

Index DE-hula · hula · German

hula · rank #55,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,426
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH huge

Nearest frequency peer: huge (-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 „hula“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hula
PropertyValue
Headwordhula
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hùːláː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hula“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).hulafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „huge“ (#55,425), „Höhenmetern“ (#55,428), „HSS“ (#55,423). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hula“ bei #55,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hula is uncommon German at frequency #55,426 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hùːláː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung; Hut, Mütze".

No misspelling variants are generated for hula in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hula, spelled H-U-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung; Hut, Mütze

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 "hula"?
"hula" is spelled H-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [hùːláː].
What does "hula" mean?
As a noun, "hula" means: den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung; Hut, Mütze
How do you pronounce "hula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hula" is [hùːláː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hula" come from?
"hula" 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 "hula", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

huge#55,425Imst#55,435hint#55,412Glan#55,369

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list