rabbit

/[ˈræbɪt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,973

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

rabbit is aGermannoun. It means: Kaninchen, Karnickel Pronounced [ˈræbɪt]. Often confused with raubt and Rabbi.

Key facts for rabbit
PropertyValue
Headwordrabbit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈræbɪt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,973
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rabbit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rabbit is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈræbɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,973 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rabbit, with forms such as "arbbit", "rabbitt", and "rabbti". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "raubt", "Rabbi", "Rabatt", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rabbit, spelled R-A-B-B-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kaninchen, Karnickel
  2. 2
    das Felle eines Karnickels, Kaninchenfell
  3. 3
    schlechter Spieler eines Spieles (besonders im Tennis und Cricket)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arbbit,rabbitt,rabbti,rabibt,rabit,rbabit,rrabbit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rabbit

Misspelling Variants of "rabbit"

arbbit6rabbitt7rabbti6rabibt6rabit5rbabit6rrabbit7
Misspelling Variants of "rabbit"

Frequency rank: #35,973 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rabbit"?
"rabbit" is spelled R-A-B-B-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈræbɪt].
What does "rabbit" mean?
As a noun, "rabbit" means: Kaninchen, Karnickel
What words are commonly confused with "rabbit"?
"rabbit" is commonly confused with "raubt", "Rabbi", "Rabatt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabbit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabbit" is [ˈræbɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabbit" come from?
"rabbit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.