rapide
[ˌʁaˈpiːdə]
The verdict
“rapide” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,015 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #19,015
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - äußerst schnell
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rapide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌʁaˈpiːdə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rapide” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rapide is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʁaˈpiːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,015 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "äußerst schnell".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapide, with forms such as "arpide", "raipde", and "rapdie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ride", "raid", "Rade", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rapide, spelled R-A-P-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1äußerst schnell
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arpide,raipde,rapdie,rapidde,rapied,rappide,rpaide,rrapide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rapide - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “rapide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-P-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌʁaˈpiːdə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ride” - see the side-by-side comparison. rapide vs ride
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.