Rist

[ʁɪst]

/[ʁɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rist” is uncommon German (frequency #56,476 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,476
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handrücken, Oberseite der Handwurzel

Corpus desk

Index DE-rist · Rist · German

Rist · rank #56,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,476
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rituals

Nearest frequency peer: Rituals (+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 „Rist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rist
PropertyValue
HeadwordRist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁɪst]
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,476
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rist“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ristfällt 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: „Rituals“ (#56,477), „revenge“ (#56,474), „Rockstars“ (#56,478). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rist“ bei #56,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rist is uncommon German at frequency #56,476 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rist, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rist, spelled R-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handrücken, Oberseite der Handwurzel
  2. 2
    Kante des Mittelfußes; Fußrücken
  3. 3
    erhöhter Übergang vom Hals zum Rücken bei Vierbeinern; Widerrist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Rist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Rist- oder Wagegriff, am wagerechten Kletterzeuge, wo der Rist der Hand nach oben und die Fläche der Hand wagerecht [sind].“

Synonyms

HandrückenFußrückenSpannWiderrist

This word in other languages

back(English)cou-de-pied(Français)

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 "Rist"?
"Rist" is spelled R-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɪst].
What does "Rist" mean?
As a noun, "Rist" means: Handrücken, Oberseite der Handwurzel
How do you pronounce "Rist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rist" is [ʁɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rist" come from?
"Rist" 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 "Rist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rena#56,469sono#56,536Onyx#56,404nuit#56,392

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list