Ratenzahlung
[ˈʁaːtn̩ˌt͡saːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ratenzahlung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,856 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,856
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zahlungsart, bei der man in zeitlich gleichmäßigen Abständen Teilbeträge zahlt (bis der Gesamtbetrag abgedeckt ist)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ratenzahlung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːtn̩ˌt͡saːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ratenzahlung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ratenzahlung is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaːtn̩ˌt͡saːlʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,856 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ratenzahlung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ratenzahlung, spelled R-A-T-E-N-Z-A-H-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Zahlungsart, bei der man in zeitlich gleichmäßigen Abständen Teilbeträge zahlt (bis der Gesamtbetrag abgedeckt ist)
- 2die Zahlung eines der in [1] beschriebenen Teilbeträge
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 “Ratenzahlung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-E-N-Z-A-H-L-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaːtn̩ˌt͡saːlʊŋ] (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.