rescue

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The verdict

“rescue” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,092
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rettung

Corpus desk

Index DE-rescue · rescue · German

rescue · rank #42,092 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,092
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reportern

Nearest frequency peer: Reportern (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „rescue“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „rescue“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rescue vs Reue
50% similar
rescue vs reste
67% similar
rescue vs revue
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rescue
PropertyValue
Headwordrescue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,092
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „rescue“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).rescueliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Reportern“ (#42,091), „Reservisten“ (#42,093), „Rettungsgasse“ (#42,094). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rescue“ bei #42,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rescue (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,092 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rettung".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rescue, with forms such as "erscue", "recsue", and "resccue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Reue", "reste", "revue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rescue, spelled R-E-S-C-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rettung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rescue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The rescue of the victim is difficult.

This word in other languages

sauvetage(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erscue
  • recsue
  • resccue
  • resceu
  • resscue
  • resuce
  • rrescue
  • rsecue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rescue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erscue2recsue2resccue1resceu2resscue1resuce2rrescue1rsecue2
Edit distance from "rescue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rescue"?
"rescue" is spelled R-E-S-C-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "rescue" mean?
As a noun, "rescue" means: Rettung
What words are commonly confused with "rescue"?
"rescue" is commonly confused with "Reue", "reste", "revue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rescue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rescue" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rescue" come from?
"rescue" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rescue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Revers#42,095Safran#42,103Saigon#42,104Salben#42,105

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sacht8 variantssaures8 variantsscheue8 variantspieces8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list