Rhombus
[ˈʁɔmbʊs]
The verdict
“Rhombus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geometrische Figur mit vier gleichlangen und parallelen Seiten. Ein Rhombus ist ein Parallelogramm mit 4 gleichlangen Seiten
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Index DE-rhombus · Rhombus · German
Rhombus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Rhombus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔmbʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rhombus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rhombus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔmbʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geometrische Figur mit vier gleichlangen und parallelen Seiten. Ein Rhombus ist ein Parallelogramm mit 4 gleichlangen Seiten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rhombus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rhombus, spelled R-H-O-M-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1geometrische Figur mit vier gleichlangen und parallelen Seiten. Ein Rhombus ist ein Parallelogramm mit 4 gleichlangen Seiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rhombus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Durch die großen Fenster fiel das Mondlicht in breiten Rhomben auf den Fußboden.“
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.