rankt
[ʁaŋkt]
The verdict
“rankt” is uncommon German (frequency #97,564 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,564
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ranken
Corpus desk
Index DE-rankt · rankt · German
rankt · rank #97,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,564
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Rammler
Nearest frequency peer: Rammler (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rankt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- radiale
radiale
2,441 corpus weight
- Radierer
Radierer
2,440 corpus weight
- Rammler
Rammler
2,438 corpus weight
- rankt
rankt
2,437 corpus weight
- rasantes
rasantes
2,435 corpus weight
- ratschen
ratschen
2,433 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rankt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rankt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁaŋkt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rankt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rankt is uncommon German at frequency #97,564 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁaŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rankt, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 rankt, spelled R-A-N-K-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ranken
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ranken
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ranken
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rankt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.