Ratzen
[ˈʁat͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Ratzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ratze
Corpus desk
Index DE-ratzen · Ratzen · German
Ratzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ratzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁat͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ratzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ratzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁat͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ratzen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ratzen, spelled R-A-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ratze
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ratze
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Ratze
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ratze
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.