Ritze
[ˈʁɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Ritze” is uncommon German (frequency #57,364 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,364
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - enger, länglicher Zwischenraum
Corpus desk
Index DE-ritze · Ritze · German
Ritze · rank #57,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,364
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rig
Nearest frequency peer: rig (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ritze”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- resümierte
resümierte
42,642 corpus weight
- Richtungswe…
Richtungswechsel
42,641 corpus weight
- Riecher
Riecher
42,640 corpus weight
- rig
rig
42,638 corpus weight
- Ritze
Ritze
42,637 corpus weight
- Rohkost
Rohkost
42,636 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ritze” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ritze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ritze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ritze is uncommon German at frequency #57,364 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ritze, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ritze, spelled R-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1enger, länglicher Zwischenraum
- 2Vulva
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ritze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Münze fiel mir runter und landete genau in der Ritze.
„In den Ritzen der Mauer wuchs Löwenzahn.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.