Rammbock
[ˈʁamˌbɔk]
The verdict
“Rammbock” is uncommon German (frequency #88,174 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,174
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelalterliches Belagerungsgerät, das zum gewaltsamen Öffnen von Gebäuden dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-rammbock · Rammbock · German
Rammbock · rank #88,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,174
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Randbereich
Nearest frequency peer: Randbereich (+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 „Rammbock“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Radiosenders
Radiosenders
11,830 corpus weight
- Rammbock
Rammbock
11,827 corpus weight
- Randbereich
Randbereich
11,826 corpus weight
- Randes
Randes
11,825 corpus weight
- rassige
rassige
11,824 corpus weight
- rassisch
rassisch
11,823 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rammbock“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rammbock |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁamˌbɔk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rammbock“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rammbock is uncommon German at frequency #88,174 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁamˌbɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittelalterliches Belagerungsgerät, das zum gewaltsamen Öffnen von Gebäuden dient".
No misspelling variants are generated for Rammbock in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Rammbock, spelled R-A-M-M-B-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1mittelalterliches Belagerungsgerät, das zum gewaltsamen Öffnen von Gebäuden dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rammbock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Belagerer fuhren schon Rammböcke heran, um die Festung endgültig einzunehmen.
Synonyms
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); 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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