Ratsche
[ˈʁaːt͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Ratsche” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lärm- oder Musikinstrument, bei dem relativ zu einem Zahnrad bewegte, meist hölzerne Blattfedern ein schnarrendes Geräusch erzeugen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ratsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːt͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ratsche” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ratsche is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaːt͡ʃə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ratsche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ratsche, spelled R-A-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Lärm- oder Musikinstrument, bei dem relativ zu einem Zahnrad bewegte, meist hölzerne Blattfedern ein schnarrendes Geräusch erzeugen
- 2Schraubwerkzeug
- 3eine Frau, die gern und viel schwatzt
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ratsche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaːt͡ʃə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.