Ritterkreuz
[ˈʁɪtɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Ritterkreuz” is uncommon German (frequency #96,167 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,167
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orden in Form eines Kreuzes, der am Hals getragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-ritterkreuz · Ritterkreuz · German
Ritterkreuz · rank #96,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,167
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rockbands
Nearest frequency peer: Rockbands (+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 „Ritterkreuz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rheinfall
Rheinfall
3,838 corpus weight
- ricco
ricco
3,836 corpus weight
- Ritterkreuz
Ritterkreuz
3,834 corpus weight
- Rockbands
Rockbands
3,833 corpus weight
- Roggenbrot
Roggenbrot
3,831 corpus weight
- Roheisen
Roheisen
3,830 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ritterkreuz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ritterkreuz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪtɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ritterkreuz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ritterkreuz is uncommon German at frequency #96,167 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪtɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orden in Form eines Kreuzes, der am Hals getragen wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ritterkreuz in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Ritterkreuz, spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-K-R-E-U-Z.
Definition
- 1Orden in Form eines Kreuzes, der am Hals getragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ritterkreuz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie gestand sich widerwillig ein, daß ihr der finstere Glanz seines Ritterkreuzes imponierte, schob dann die Wirkung des Ordens darauf, daß er am Hals getragen wurde.“
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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