Riss
[ʁɪs]
The verdict
“Riss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,716 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,716
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trennungsspalt, der durch das Zerreißen eines materiellen Gegenstandes entsteht
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 | Riss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɪs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Riss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Riss is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,716 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Riss, with forms such as "irss", "ris", and "riß". 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, "Rs", "RSS", "Rus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Riss, spelled R-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1Trennungsspalt, der durch das Zerreißen eines materiellen Gegenstandes entsteht
- 2schmerzende Trennung im psychischen Bereich
- 3eine Verletzung, bei der ein Gewebe gewaltsam zerreißt
- 4die zeichnerische Planung oder Erfassung eines dreidimensionalen Gegenstandes oder eines Gebäudes auf einer horizontalen oder vertikalen Bildebene
- 5eine natürliche Furche oder ein (Gelände-)Einschnitt
- 6die durch Raubtiere erlegte Beute
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: irss,ris,riß,rriss,rsis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Riss - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Riss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-I-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁɪs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rs” - see the side-by-side comparison. Riss vs Rs
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.