Kugel

/[ˈkuːɡl̩]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,718

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kugel is aGermannoun. It means: Volumen, das von einem Rand umgeben wird, dessen Punkte alle den gleichen Abstand von einem Punkt (Mittelpunkt) besitzen Pronounced [ˈkuːɡl̩]. It ranks #4,718 in German word frequency. Often confused with kühl and Kühe.

Key facts for Kugel
PropertyValue
HeadwordKugel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuːɡl̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,718
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kugel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kugel is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkuːɡl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,718 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kugel, with forms such as "kguel", "kkugel", and "kuegl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kühl", "Kühe", "Küken", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kugel, spelled K-U-G-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Volumen, das von einem Rand umgeben wird, dessen Punkte alle den gleichen Abstand von einem Punkt (Mittelpunkt) besitzen
  2. 2
    dreidimensionales rundes Objekt, im Gegensatz zum Ball meist hart
  3. 3
    Objekt, das von Schusswaffen abgefeuert wird

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kguel,kkugel,kuegl,kugell,kuggel,kugle,ukgel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kugel

Misspelling Variants of "Kugel"

kguel5kkugel6kuegl5kugell6kuggel6kugle5ukgel5
Misspelling Variants of "Kugel"

Frequency rank: #4,718 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kugel"?
"Kugel" is spelled K-U-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuːɡl̩].
What does "Kugel" mean?
As a noun, "Kugel" means: Volumen, das von einem Rand umgeben wird, dessen Punkte alle den gleichen Abstand von einem Punkt (Mittelpunkt) besitzen
What words are commonly confused with "Kugel"?
"Kugel" is commonly confused with "kühl", "Kühe", "Küken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kugel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kugel" is [ˈkuːɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kugel" come from?
"Kugel" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.