hulk

\hʌlk\

/\hʌlk\/ noun

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The verdict

“hulk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,860
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épave.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hulk · hulk · French

hulk · rank #19,860 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,860
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hospitalière

Nearest frequency peer: hospitalière (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hulk »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hulk » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hulk vs hum
50% similar
hulk vs Hut
25% similar
hulk vs hunt
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hulk
PropertyValue
Headwordhulk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\hʌlk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,860
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hulk »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hulkse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hospitalière » (#19,859), « hydrauliques » (#19,861), « hospice » (#19,858). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hulk » est au #19,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hulk (IPA \hʌlk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,860 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hulk, with forms such as "hhulk", "hluk", and "hukl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "Hut", "hunt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hulk, spelled H-U-L-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épave.
  2. 2
    Grand bateau difficile à manœuvrer.
  3. 3
    Personne excessivement musclée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The fifty-year-old hulks around him looked like ghosts of another age, as indeed they were, relics of a war that had been won, cast-offs of a much simpler time, some of them sitting at odd angles, forgotten toys of the huge child their country had been, a child now grown into a troubled adult.
  2. Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhulk
  • hluk
  • hukl
  • hulkk
  • hullk
  • uhlk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hulk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhulk1hluk2hukl2hulkk1hullk1uhlk2
Edit distance from "hulk"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hulk"?
"hulk" is spelled H-U-L-K. The IPA pronunciation is \hʌlk\.
What does "hulk" mean?
As a noun, "hulk" means: Épave.
What words are commonly confused with "hulk"?
"hulk" is commonly confused with "hum", "Hut", "hunt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hulk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hulk" is \hʌlk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hulk" come from?
"hulk" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hulk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hits#19,855flop#19,838fers#19,837lamy#19,888

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

gammes6 variantsKatie6 variantsLeila6 variantsElisa6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list