hulle

pron

The verdict

“hulle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronom personnel sujet ou objet de la troisième personne du pluriel : ils, elles, les, leur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hulle · hulle · French

hulle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for hulle
PropertyValue
Headwordhulle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hulle » en français

hullen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hulle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pronom personnel sujet ou objet de la troisième personne du pluriel : ils, elles, les, leur.".

hulle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hulle, spelled H-U-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pronom personnel sujet ou objet de la troisième personne du pluriel : ils, elles, les, leur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hulle is van Namibië.
  2. Ek gee vir hulle ’n appel.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hulle"?
"hulle" is spelled H-U-L-L-E.
What does "hulle" mean?
As a pronoun, "hulle" means: Pronom personnel sujet ou objet de la troisième personne du pluriel : ils, elles, les, leur.
What language does "hulle" come from?
"hulle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list