Hundertfüßer

[ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ]

/[ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hundertfüßer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weltweit verbreitetes Insekt aus der Klasse der Gliederfüßer

Corpus desk

Index DE-hundertfu-er · Hundertfüßer · German

Hundertfüßer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Hundertfüßer
PropertyValue
HeadwordHundertfüßer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hundertfüßer” sits in German frequency

Hundertfüßer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hundertfüßer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weltweit verbreitetes Insekt aus der Klasse der Gliederfüßer".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hundertfüßer, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hundertfüßer, spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T-F-Ü-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    weltweit verbreitetes Insekt aus der Klasse der Gliederfüßer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Hundertfüßer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Von einem riesigen Hundertfüßer gefressen zu werden, ist wirklich nicht die Art, wie ich mir meinen Abgang vorgestellt habe.“

This word in other languages

centipede(English)ciempiés(Español)centopeia(Português)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hundertfüßer"?
"Hundertfüßer" is spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T-F-Ü-SS-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ].
What does "Hundertfüßer" mean?
As a noun, "Hundertfüßer" means: weltweit verbreitetes Insekt aus der Klasse der Gliederfüßer
How do you pronounce "Hundertfüßer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hundertfüßer" is [ˈhʊndɐtˌfyːsɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hundertfüßer" come from?
"Hundertfüßer" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list