Rettungshund
[ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌhʊnt]
The verdict
“Rettungshund” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - speziell ausgebildeter Haushund, der Rettungshilfskräfte bei der Suche nach Vermissten und Verunglückten in der Fläche, in Trümmern, in Lawinen, in Gewässern oder in anderen kritischen Lagen unters...
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettungshund · Rettungshund · German
Rettungshund · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Rettungshund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌhʊnt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rettungshund” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rettungshund is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛtʊŋsˌhʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "speziell ausgebildeter Haushund, der Rettungshilfskräfte bei der Suche nach Vermissten und Verunglückten in der Fläche, in Trümmern, in Lawinen, in Gewässern oder in anderen kritischen Lagen unters...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rettungshund in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rettungshund, spelled R-E-T-T-U-N-G-S-H-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1speziell ausgebildeter Haushund, der Rettungshilfskräfte bei der Suche nach Vermissten und Verunglückten in der Fläche, in Trümmern, in Lawinen, in Gewässern oder in anderen kritischen Lagen unterstützt
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