rack
[ɹæk]
The verdict
“rack” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #46,930 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,930
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gestell, Gerüst, Gewehrständer, Kleiderständer, Ständer, Rahmen, Streckrahmen, Stützrahmen, Raufe, Futtergestell, Gepäcknetz, Handtuchhalter, Halter
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɹæk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #46,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rack” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rack is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɹæk]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,930 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rack, with forms such as "arck", "racck", and "rackk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RC", "Rat", "Rad", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is rack, spelled R-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Gestell, Gerüst, Gewehrständer, Kleiderständer, Ständer, Rahmen, Streckrahmen, Stützrahmen, Raufe, Futtergestell, Gepäcknetz, Handtuchhalter, Halter
- 2Fächerregal
- 3Setzregal
- 4Zahnstange
- 5Folterbank, Streckfolter, Folterqualen
- 6Passgang (eine Pferdegangart)
- 7fliegendes Gewölk
- 8Regal
- 9Karree (ein Fleischstück)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arck,racck,rackk,rakc,rcak,rrack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rack - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “rack”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɹæk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “RC” - see the side-by-side comparison. rack vs RC
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.