röcheln
[ˈʁœçl̩n]
The verdict
“röcheln” is uncommon German (frequency #84,497 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,497
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit rasselnden, schnarchenden Nebengeräuschen atmen, besonders von Schwerkranken
Corpus desk
Index DE-rocheln · röcheln · German
röcheln · rank #84,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,497
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rustikale
Nearest frequency peer: rustikale (-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 „röcheln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rumschreien
rumschreien
15,507 corpus weight
- rustikale
rustikale
15,505 corpus weight
- röcheln
röcheln
15,504 corpus weight
- Rückrufakti…
Rückrufaktion
15,503 corpus weight
- Salinas
Salinas
15,501 corpus weight
- Salpeter
Salpeter
15,500 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „röcheln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | röcheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁœçl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „röcheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
röcheln is uncommon German at frequency #84,497 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁœçl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit rasselnden, schnarchenden Nebengeräuschen atmen, besonders von Schwerkranken".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for röcheln, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 röcheln, spelled R-Ö-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit rasselnden, schnarchenden Nebengeräuschen atmen, besonders von Schwerkranken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how röcheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sterbende röchelt.
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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