ricks

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The verdict

“ricks” is uncommon German (frequency #82,041 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,041
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rick

Corpus desk

Index DE-ricks · ricks · German

ricks · rank #82,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,041
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH rheumatischen

Nearest frequency peer: rheumatischen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ricks“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ricks
PropertyValue
Headwordricks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ricks“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ricksfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „rheumatischen“ (#82,040), „Residenzpflicht“ (#82,039), „rijeka“ (#82,043). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „ricks“ bei #82,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ricks is uncommon German at frequency #82,041 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rick".

ricks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ricks, spelled R-I-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rick

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 "ricks"?
"ricks" is spelled R-I-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ricks" mean?
As a verb, "ricks" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rick
How do you pronounce "ricks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ricks" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ricks" come from?
"ricks" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rosas#82,051raids#82,023radix#82,020picks#81,985

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list