Rittersaal
[ˈʁɪtɐˌzaːl]
The verdict
“Rittersaal” is uncommon German (frequency #75,006 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,006
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer Raum in Burgen und Schlössern, selten auch anderen Gebäuden
Corpus desk
Index DE-rittersaal · Rittersaal · German
Rittersaal · rank #75,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,006
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ringsherum
Nearest frequency peer: ringsherum (-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 „Rittersaal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Restbestände
Restbestände
25,000 corpus weight
- Rettungsein…
Rettungseinsatz
24,999 corpus weight
- ringsherum
ringsherum
24,996 corpus weight
- Rittersaal
Rittersaal
24,995 corpus weight
- Rollout
Rollout
24,992 corpus weight
- Rondell
Rondell
24,990 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rittersaal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rittersaal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪtɐˌzaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rittersaal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rittersaal is uncommon German at frequency #75,006 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪtɐˌzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großer Raum in Burgen und Schlössern, selten auch anderen Gebäuden".
Rittersaal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Rittersaal, spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-S-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1großer Raum in Burgen und Schlössern, selten auch anderen Gebäuden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rittersaal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Adventskonzert des Orchesters fand im Rittersaal der Burg statt.
„Über der Tür des Rittersaales prangt eine Schweigerose, die jeden, der diesen Saal betrat, daran erinnern sollte, dass alles, was in diesem Saal gesprochen wurde, geheim bleiben müsse.“
This word in other languages
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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