racine

[ʁa.sin]

/[ʁa.sin]/ noun

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The verdict

“racine” is uncommon German (frequency #54,826 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,826
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wurzel

Corpus desk

Index DE-racine · racine · German

racine · rank #54,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,826
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH quälte

Nearest frequency peer: quälte (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „racine“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „racine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for racine
PropertyValue
Headwordracine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁa.sin]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „racine“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).racinefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „quälte“ (#54,825), „qualifiziertes“ (#54,824), „RAL“ (#54,828). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „racine“ bei #54,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

racine is uncommon German at frequency #54,826 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁa.sin]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wurzel".

No generated misspelling entries exist for racine in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is racine, spelled R-A-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wurzel

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "racine"?
"racine" is spelled R-A-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁa.sin].
What does "racine" mean?
As a noun, "racine" means: Wurzel
How do you pronounce "racine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racine" is [ʁa.sin]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "racine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quälte#54,825Ranzen#54,831rotter#54,844rumpel#54,845

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list