Ransomware
[ˈɹɛnsəmwɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Ransomware” is uncommon German (frequency #59,990 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,990
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schadsoftware, die Daten auf fremden Computern verschlüsselt und nur gegen eine Zahlung von Geld oder Internetwährungen wieder entschlüsselt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ransomware · Ransomware · German
Ransomware · rank #59,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,990
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH raffinierter
Nearest frequency peer: raffinierter (-2 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 „Ransomware“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Radon
Radon
40,015 corpus weight
- Raffinerien
Raffinerien
40,014 corpus weight
- raffinierter
raffinierter
40,013 corpus weight
- Ransomware
Ransomware
40,011 corpus weight
- rebelliert
rebelliert
40,009 corpus weight
- rechtsextre…
rechtsextremistische
40,008 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ransomware“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ransomware“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ransomware is uncommon German at frequency #59,990 among 2,984 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ransomware appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wahrscheinlich gelangte die Ransomware über eine infizierte E-Mail in das Netzwerk der Polizeistation von Midlothian, sagte der mit dem Fall befasste IT-Fachmann Calvin Harden der amerikanischen Zeitung.“
„Kaspersky Lab ist es gelungen, die Verschlüsselung der Ransomware CryptXXX zu knacken.“
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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