hulle

pron

The verdict

“hulle” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pronom personnel sujet ou objet de la troisième personne du pluriel : ils, elles, les, leur.

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

Where “hulle” sits in French frequency

hulle falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hulle is 5 letters long, classified as a pronoun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.

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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “hulle”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is H-U-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list