hüls

[hʏls]

/[hʏls]/ verb

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The verdict

“hüls” is uncommon German (frequency #60,683 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,683
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hülsen

Corpus desk

Index DE-huls · hüls · German

hüls · rank #60,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,683
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hörtest

Nearest frequency peer: hörtest (-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 „hüls“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hüls
PropertyValue
Headwordhüls
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hʏls]
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hüls“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hülsfällt 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: „hörtest“ (#60,682), „ideellen“ (#60,685), „identifiziere“ (#60,686). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hüls“ bei #60,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hüls is uncommon German at frequency #60,683 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hʏls]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hülsen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hüls in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hüls, spelled H-Ü-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hülsen

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 "hüls"?
"hüls" is spelled H-Ü-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [hʏls].
What does "hüls" mean?
As a verb, "hüls" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hülsen
How do you pronounce "hüls"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hüls" is [hʏls]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hüls" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hüls", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

hani#60,642fool#60,568Logs#60,808mois#60,846

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list