rachitisch
[ʁaˈxiːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“rachitisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an der Krankheit Rachitis leidend
Corpus desk
Index DE-rachitisch · rachitisch · German
rachitisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rachitisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁaˈxiːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rachitisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rachitisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁaˈxiːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rachitisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rachitisch, spelled R-A-C-H-I-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1an der Krankheit Rachitis leidend
- 2nicht sehr ausgeprägt, unterentwickelt seiend, nicht ergiebig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rachitisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie man aus Tierversuchen gesehen hatte, in denen mit artfremder Milch ernährte Tiere schwach und rachitisch wurden, konnte eine minderwertige Konstitution jedoch nicht nur geerbt, sondern auch erworben werden.“
„Das militärhistorische Interesse des neuen US-Stabschefs müßte geradezu rachitisch unterentwickelt sein, wenn er wirklich niemals in den Kriegserinnerungen seines Vaters geblättert haben sollte.“
This word in other languages
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.