Rammbock
[ˈʁamˌbɔk]
The verdict
“Rammbock” is an uncommon German word, ranked #88,174 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #88,174
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mittelalterliches Belagerungsgerät, das zum gewaltsamen Öffnen von Gebäuden dient
| 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) |
Where “Rammbock” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rammbock is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁamˌbɔk]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,174 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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 “Rammbock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-M-M-B-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁamˌbɔk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.