Rhizom
[ʁiˈt͡soːm]
The verdict
“Rhizom” 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) - meist verdickte horizontal im Erdboden verlaufende Sprossachse einer Gefäßpflanze mit sprossbürtgen Wurzeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-rhizom · Rhizom · German
Rhizom · 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 | Rhizom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁiˈt͡soːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rhizom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rhizom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁiˈt͡soːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist verdickte horizontal im Erdboden verlaufende Sprossachse einer Gefäßpflanze mit sprossbürtgen Wurzeln".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rhizom in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rhizom, spelled R-H-I-Z-O-M.
Definition
- 1meist verdickte horizontal im Erdboden verlaufende Sprossachse einer Gefäßpflanze mit sprossbürtgen Wurzeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rhizom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Rhizome sind oft verdickt und speichern Reservestoffe, oft in Schuppenblättern.
Die Schwertlilie hat fleischige Rhizome.
Synonyms
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.