Rats
[ʁaːt͡s]
The verdict
“Rats” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,474) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,474
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rat
Corpus desk
Index DE-rats · Rats · German
Rats · rank #22,474 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,474
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ragen
Nearest frequency peer: ragen (-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.
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What this shows Balken platzieren „Rats“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Rats |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaːt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Rats“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Rats is neighbouring look-alikes ("Rs", "rot", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ʁaːt͡s]. Frequency #22,474 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rats, with forms such as "ratss", "ratts", and "rrats". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rs", "rot", "RTL", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rats, spelled R-A-T-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rat
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ratss
- ratts
- rrats
- rtas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rats - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).