rocket

/[ˈʁɔkət]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,195

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

rocket is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rocken Pronounced [ˈʁɔkət]. Often confused with rückt and rockt.

Key facts for rocket
PropertyValue
Headwordrocket
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁɔkət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,195
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rocket in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rocket is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɔkət]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,195 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rocken".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rocket, with forms such as "orcket", "rcoket", and "roccket". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rückt", "rockt", "Rocks", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rocket, spelled R-O-C-K-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rocken

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orcket,rcoket,roccket,rocekt,rockett,rockket,rockte,rokcet,rrocket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rocket

Misspelling Variants of "rocket"

orcket6rcoket6roccket7rocekt6rockett7rockket7rockte6rokcet6
Misspelling Variants of "rocket"

Frequency rank: #15,195 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rocket"?
"rocket" is spelled R-O-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔkət].
What does "rocket" mean?
As a verb, "rocket" means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rocken
What words are commonly confused with "rocket"?
"rocket" is commonly confused with "rückt", "rockt", "Rocks". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rocket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rocket" is [ˈʁɔkət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rocket" come from?
"rocket" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.