hummel
/ˈhʌm(ə)l/
"hummel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hummel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,528
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hummel · hummel · English
hummel · rank #46,528 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,528
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Humbert
Nearest frequency peer: Humbert (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hummel”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- huerta
huerta
53,477 corpus weight
- Huma
Huma
53,476 corpus weight
- Humbert
Humbert
53,474 corpus weight
- hummel
hummel
53,473 corpus weight
- huntress
huntress
53,472 corpus weight
- husks
husks
53,471 corpus weight
What this shows “hummel” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hummel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌm(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hummel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around hummel (IPA /ˈhʌm(ə)l/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,528 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hummel, with forms such as "hhummel", "hmumel", and "humel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hummus", "hummer", "Hume", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from Middle English hamelen (“to maim, mutilate; to cut short”), from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“hornless; mutilated”). Cognate with Dut… The correct English form is hummel, spelled H-U-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
- 2Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hummel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A pure Aberdeenshire heifer was served with a pure Teeswater bull, to whom she had a first-cross calf. The following season, the same cow was served with a pure Aberdeenshire bull; the produce was a cross calf, which at two years old had very long horns, the parents both hummel.
A little hillock gave me ample concealment and an excellent rest for my rifle; and there I reposed as hinds and little stags filed by. First came the wary old hind, looking sharply about her; then a little stag, indifferent to consequences; then more hinds and calves; and last of all the great hummel. As he landed on top of the brow, about fifty yards fro…
Etymology
Probably from Middle English hamelen (“to maim, mutilate; to cut short”), from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“hornless; mutilated”). Cognate with Dutch hamel (“wether”), English hamble, Low German hommel, hummel (“an animal lacking horns”), humlich, dialectal hommlich (“lacking horns”), Bavarian humlet (“lacking horns”), German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to maim, mutilate”). OxfordDictionaries.com suggests that the “ear of grain with its awns removed” sense preceded the “animal without antlers or horns” sense.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhummel
- hmumel
- humel
- humeml
- hummell
- hummle
- uhmmel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hummel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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