Racker

[ˈʁakɐ]

/[ˈʁakɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Racker” is uncommon German (frequency #50,817 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,817
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind, das sich Unsinn ausdenkt und vollführt

Corpus desk

Index DE-racker · Racker · German

Racker · rank #50,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,817
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rabatten

Nearest frequency peer: Rabatten (-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 „Racker“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Racker
PropertyValue
HeadwordRacker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁakɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Racker“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Rackerfällt 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: „Rabatten“ (#50,816), „Radikalismus“ (#50,818), „quintus“ (#50,815). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Racker“ bei #50,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Racker is uncommon German at frequency #50,817 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁakɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kind, das sich Unsinn ausdenkt und vollführt".

Zero misspellings are on record for Racker in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Racker, spelled R-A-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kind, das sich Unsinn ausdenkt und vollführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Racker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die kleine Tochter unserer Nachbarin ist ein richtiger Racker.
  2. „Der Racker in ihren Armen und die beiden anderen in der Stube seien Enkelkinder.“.“

Synonyms

Schlingel

This word in other languages

rascal(English)pillo(Español)coquin(Français)

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 "Racker"?
"Racker" is spelled R-A-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁakɐ].
What does "Racker" mean?
As a noun, "Racker" means: Kind, das sich Unsinn ausdenkt und vollführt
How do you pronounce "Racker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Racker" is [ˈʁakɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Racker" come from?
"Racker" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pöbeln#50,813Rochen#50,840Runkel#50,845Pfiffe#50,786

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list