# recken vs Rückens

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### recken
*verb · IPA [ˈʁɛkn̩] · frequency rank #41,416*
in Längsrichtung dehnen/strecken

### Rückens
*noun · IPA [ˈʁʏkn̩s] · frequency rank #48,435*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rücken

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/recken-vs-ruckens