Rittmeister
[ˈʁɪtˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
The verdict
“Rittmeister” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,426
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chef einer Schwadron bei der Kavallerie im Hauptmannsrang, Hauptmann der Kavallerie
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rittmeister |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪtˌmaɪ̯stɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #41,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rittmeister” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Rittmeister (IPA [ˈʁɪtˌmaɪ̯stɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,426 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chef einer Schwadron bei der Kavallerie im Hauptmannsrang, Hauptmann der Kavallerie".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rittmeister, with forms such as "irttmeister", "ritmeister", and "ritmteister". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rittmeister, spelled R-I-T-T-M-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Chef einer Schwadron bei der Kavallerie im Hauptmannsrang, Hauptmann der Kavallerie
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: irttmeister,ritmeister,ritmteister,rittemister,rittmeisetr,rittmeisster,rittmeisterr,rittmeistre,rittmeistter,rittmeitser,rittmesiter,rittmiester,rittmmeister,rrittmeister,rtitmeister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rittmeister - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Rittmeister”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-I-T-T-M-E-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁɪtˌmaɪ̯stɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.