rituell

[ʁituˈɛl]

/[ʁituˈɛl]/ adj

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The verdict

“rituell” is uncommon German (frequency #92,145 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,145
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem Ritus entsprechend, folgend

Corpus desk

Index DE-rituell · rituell · German

rituell · rank #92,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,145
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH riskierst

Nearest frequency peer: riskierst (-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 „rituell“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rituell
PropertyValue
Headwordrituell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁituˈɛl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,145
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rituell“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rituellfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „riskierst“ (#92,144), „rival“ (#92,146), „rima“ (#92,143). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rituell“ bei #92,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rituell is uncommon German at frequency #92,145 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁituˈɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rituell, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is rituell, spelled R-I-T-U-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    einem Ritus entsprechend, folgend
  2. 2
    auf immer gleiche Weise ablaufend, vollzogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die schon in der Antike bekannten, vor allem aus Kreta überlieferten Stierspiele […] hatten ursprünglich rituelle Bedeutung.“
  2. „Jeder ist in diesen Tagen mit Halloween beschäftigt, dem großen amerikanischen Geisterfest, dem rituellen Übergang zu Dunkelheit, Kälte und Tod.“

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 "rituell"?
"rituell" is spelled R-I-T-U-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁituˈɛl].
What does "rituell" mean?
As an adjective, "rituell" means: einem Ritus entsprechend, folgend
How do you pronounce "rituell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rituell" is [ʁituˈɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rituell" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rituell", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

routers#92,155relaxed#92,132reitest#92,130reaktiv#92,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list