Kugel
\kuːɡǝl\
The verdict
“Kugel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Abréviation de Kugelkörper (« boule ») ou Kugelfläche (« sphère »).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kugel · Kugel · French
Kugel · 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 "K" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kugel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuːɡǝl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kugel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kugel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuːɡǝl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kugel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Kugel, spelled K-U-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de Kugelkörper (« boule ») ou Kugelfläche (« sphère »).
- 2Boule, bille.
- 3Balle ( projectile d’arme à feu).
- 4Boulet.
- 5Poids (au lancer du poids).
- 6Tourteau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kugel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sowohl Kugelfläche als auch Kugelkörper werden oft kurz als Kugel bezeichnet, wobei aus dem Zusammenhang klar sein muss, welche der beiden Bedeutungen gemeint ist.
Später sitzen sie vor dem Eiscafé und bestellen Erdbeertraum, zwei Kugeln Schokolade im Becher und Spaghettieis.
Antonyms
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.