Ransomware
[ˈɹɛnsəmwɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Ransomware” is uncommon German (frequency #59,990 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,990
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schadsoftware, die Daten auf fremden Computern verschlüsselt und nur gegen eine Zahlung von Geld oder Internetwährungen wieder entschlüsselt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ransomware |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɹɛnsəmwɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ransomware” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ransomware is uncommon German at frequency #59,990 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɹɛnsəmwɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schadsoftware, die Daten auf fremden Computern verschlüsselt und nur gegen eine Zahlung von Geld oder Internetwährungen wieder entschlüsselt".
Ransomware doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ransomware, spelled R-A-N-S-O-M-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Schadsoftware, die Daten auf fremden Computern verschlüsselt und nur gegen eine Zahlung von Geld oder Internetwährungen wieder entschlüsselt
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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 “Ransomware”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-N-S-O-M-W-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.