Rendezvous
[ʁɑ̃deˈvuː]
The verdict
“Rendezvous” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #30,261 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,261
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Treffen oder Verabredung mit amourösen Absichten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rendezvous |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɑ̃deˈvuː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rendezvous” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rendezvous is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁɑ̃deˈvuː]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,261 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rendezvous, with forms such as "erndezvous", "rednezvous", and "renddezvous". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Rendezvous, spelled R-E-N-D-E-Z-V-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Treffen oder Verabredung mit amourösen Absichten
- 2Treffen jeglicher Art, auch in technischen Zusammenhängen wie das Andocken von Raumfähren an Stationen im Weltraum
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erndezvous,rednezvous,renddezvous,rendevzous,rendezovus,rendezvosu,rendezvouss,rendezvuos,rendezvvous,rendezzvous,rendzevous,renedzvous,renndezvous,rnedezvous,rrendezvous
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rendezvous - 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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Using “Rendezvous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-N-D-E-Z-V-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁɑ̃deˈvuː] (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.