kühle

/[ˈkyːlə]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,191

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

kühle is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen Pronounced [ˈkyːlə]. Often confused with Kult and kühn.

Key facts for kühle
PropertyValue
Headwordkühle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkyːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,191
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kühle is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkyːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,191 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 kühle, with forms such as "khüle", "kkühle", and "kühel". 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, "Kult", "kühn", "Kunde", 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 kühle, spelled K-Ü-H-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: khüle,kkühle,kühel,kühhle,kühlle,külhe,ükhle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kühle

Misspelling Variants of "kühle"

khüle5kkühle6kühel5kühhle6kühlle6külhe5ükhle5
Misspelling Variants of "kühle"

Frequency rank: #13,191 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kühle"?
"kühle" is spelled K-Ü-H-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkyːlə].
What does "kühle" mean?
As a verb, "kühle" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kühlen
What words are commonly confused with "kühle"?
"kühle" is commonly confused with "Kult", "kühn", "Kunde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kühle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kühle" is [ˈkyːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kühle" come from?
"kühle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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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.