hulking
/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
"hulking" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hulking” is uncommon English (frequency #53,005 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,005
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hulking · hulking · English
hulking · rank #53,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,005
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hortense
Nearest frequency peer: Hortense (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “hulking”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Homeric
Homeric
47,000 corpus weight
- horseracing
horseracing
46,999 corpus weight
- Hortense
Hortense
46,998 corpus weight
- hulking
hulking
46,996 corpus weight
- hypnotist
hypnotist
46,993 corpus weight
- hypothesize
hypothesize
46,992 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hulking” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hulking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hulking” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hulking is uncommon English at frequency #53,005 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hulking, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hulk + -ing. The correct English form is hulking, spelled H-U-L-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
- 2Unwieldy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hulking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
Etymology
From hulk + -ing.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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