humid
[huˈmiːt]
The verdict
“humid” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im jährlichen Durchschnitt eine höhere Niederschlagsmenge als die Verdunstung aufweisend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [huˈmiːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “humid” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for humid is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [huˈmiːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "im jährlichen Durchschnitt eine höhere Niederschlagsmenge als die Verdunstung aufweisend".
Zero misspellings are on record for humid in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is humid, spelled H-U-M-I-D.
Definition
- 1im jährlichen Durchschnitt eine höhere Niederschlagsmenge als die Verdunstung aufweisend
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “humid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-U-M-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [huˈmiːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.