rib

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The verdict

“rib” is uncommon German (frequency #73,945 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,945
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-rib · rib · German

rib · rank #73,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,945
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH retweets

Nearest frequency peer: retweets (-2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rib“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rib“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rib
PropertyValue
Headwordrib
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rib“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ribfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „retweets“ (#73,943), „rigorose“ (#73,947), „Rettungsboote“ (#73,942). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rib“ bei #73,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rib is uncommon German at frequency #73,945 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rib, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is rib, spelled R-I-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rippe
  2. 2
    Lamelle
  3. 3
    Zarge
  4. 4
    Drehschiene

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 "rib"?
"rib" is spelled R-I-B. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "rib" mean?
As a noun, "rib" means: Rippe
How do you pronounce "rib"?
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What language does "rib" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ret#73,941Saz#73,969psy#73,909vai#74,116

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list