Röckchen

[ˈʁœkçən]

/[ˈʁœkçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Röckchen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,232 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,232
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner/kurzer Rock

Corpus desk

Index DE-rockchen · Röckchen · German

Röckchen · rank #83,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,232
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH räuspern

Nearest frequency peer: räuspern (-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 „Röckchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Röckchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordRöckchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁœkçən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Röckchen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Röckchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „räuspern“ (#83,231), „Rückversicherung“ (#83,233), „räuberische“ (#83,230). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Röckchen“ bei #83,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Röckchen is uncommon German at frequency #83,232 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁœkçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner/kurzer Rock".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Röckchen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Röckchen, spelled R-Ö-C-K-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner/kurzer Rock

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Seine Gattin Väsele Li trug – es war Sommer – ihr Haar aufgebunden und mit silbernen Fäden durchflochten und Ohrringe aus Rosenquarz in Goldfassung, dazu ein taubenfarbenes ungefüttertes Jäckchen und ein Röckchen aus weißem Batist, das mit einer längs gestreiften Borte eingefaßt war.“

Synonyms

Röcklein

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 "Röckchen"?
"Röckchen" is spelled R-Ö-C-K-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁœkçən].
What does "Röckchen" mean?
As a noun, "Röckchen" means: kleiner/kurzer Rock
How do you pronounce "Röckchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Röckchen" is [ˈʁœkçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Röckchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

räuspern#83,231Sadisten#83,236Santorin#83,246required#83,213

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list