refuse
[rɪˈfjuːz]
The verdict
“refuse” 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) - nutzloses, wertloses, weggeworfenes Material
Corpus desk
Index DE-refuse · refuse · German
refuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | refuse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rɪˈfjuːz] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „refuse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
refuse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [rɪˈfjuːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nutzloses, wertloses, weggeworfenes Material".
No misspelling variants are generated for refuse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is refuse, spelled R-E-F-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1nutzloses, wertloses, weggeworfenes Material
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.