Ring

/[ʁɪŋ]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,410

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ring is aGermannoun. It means: kreisförmiges, meist metallisches Schmuckstück, das normalerweise am Finger oder als Piercing getragen wird Pronounced [ʁɪŋ]. It ranks #2,410 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rn and Rio.

Key facts for Ring
PropertyValue
HeadwordRing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁɪŋ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,410
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ring in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ring is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,410 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ring, with forms such as "irng", "rign", and "ringg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rn", "Rio", "run", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ring, spelled R-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kreisförmiges, meist metallisches Schmuckstück, das normalerweise am Finger oder als Piercing getragen wird
  2. 2
    kreisförmiger Gegenstand oder Struktur
  3. 3
    zusammengebogener, nummerierter Streifen, der Vögeln um den Fuß gelegt wird, um sie bei Wiederfunden identifizieren zu können
  4. 4
    ein nicht unbedingt runder, oftmals mit Seilen abgetrennter Bereich, in dem Kampfsport betrieben wird
  5. 5
    eine um das Zentrum einer Stadt führende Straße
  6. 6
    feste oder als Verein organisierte Gruppe
  7. 7
    algebraische Struktur mit Addition, Subtraktion und Multiplikation
  8. 8
    Sportgerät im Turnen
  9. 9
    zentraler öffentlicher Platz (Marktplatz) in einer (meistens planmäßig angelegten mittelalterlichen) Stadt, besonders in Schlesien, seltener in anderen Regionen wie Böhmen, Mähren oder Siebenbürgen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irng,rign,ringg,rinng,rnig,rring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ring

Misspelling Variants of "Ring"

irng4rign4ringg5rinng5rnig4rring5
Misspelling Variants of "Ring"

Frequency rank: #2,410 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ring"?
"Ring" is spelled R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɪŋ].
What does "Ring" mean?
As a noun, "Ring" means: kreisförmiges, meist metallisches Schmuckstück, das normalerweise am Finger oder als Piercing getragen wird
What words are commonly confused with "Ring"?
"Ring" is commonly confused with "Rn", "Rio", "run". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ring"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ring" is [ʁɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ring" come from?
"Ring" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.