Ridge
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The verdict
“Ridge” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,594
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - englischer männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-ridge · Ridge · German
Ridge · rank #36,594 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,594
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH retour
Nearest frequency peer: retour (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ridge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Renovierung…
Renovierungsarbeiten
63,410 corpus weight
- Repressalien
Repressalien
63,409 corpus weight
- retour
retour
63,408 corpus weight
- Ridge
Ridge
63,407 corpus weight
- Riege
Riege
63,406 corpus weight
- Riten
Riten
63,404 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ridge” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ridge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ridge” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Ridge (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,594 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "englischer männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ridge, with forms such as "irdge", "rdige", and "riddge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ring", "Riga", "rüde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ridge, spelled R-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1englischer männlicher Vorname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irdge
- rdige
- riddge
- rideg
- ridgge
- rigde
- rridge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ridge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ridge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Ridge". Here's where to go from here.
- "Ridge" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ring". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,594 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.