Roggen
[ˈʁɔɡn̩]
The verdict
“Roggen” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,241
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langstielige Getreideart mit relativ langen Ähren und Grannen
Corpus desk
Index DE-roggen · Roggen · German
Roggen · rank #32,241 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,241
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rippe
Nearest frequency peer: Rippe (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Roggen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- rhythmisch
rhythmisch
67,763 corpus weight
- Riesenslalom
Riesenslalom
67,762 corpus weight
- Rippe
Rippe
67,761 corpus weight
- Roggen
Roggen
67,760 corpus weight
- Runen
Runen
67,759 corpus weight
- sachlicher
sachlicher
67,758 corpus weight
What this shows „Roggen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Roggen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Roggen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Roggen (IPA [ˈʁɔɡn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,241 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "langstielige Getreideart mit relativ langen Ähren und Grannen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Roggen, with forms such as "orggen", "rgogen", and "rogegn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "roten", "Rosen", "rügen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Roggen, spelled R-O-G-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1langstielige Getreideart mit relativ langen Ähren und Grannen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Roggen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Roggen ist nur mit Sauerteig backfähig.
„Vom Roggen und der Wintergerste abgesehen, die noch im Herbst eingesät wurden, von ein paar Bauernäckern noch dazu, über die jetzt die Polen gebieten, ist auf den Feldern nur das Unkraut gediehen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orggen
- rgogen
- rogegn
- rogen
- roggenn
- roggne
- rroggen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Roggen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Roggen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).