Roggenbrot
[ˈʁɔɡn̩ˌbʁoːt]
The verdict
“Roggenbrot” is uncommon German (frequency #96,170 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,170
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Brot, das überwiegend mit Roggenmehl gebacken wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Roggenbrot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɡn̩ˌbʁoːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Roggenbrot” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Roggenbrot is uncommon German at frequency #96,170 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔɡn̩ˌbʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brot, das überwiegend mit Roggenmehl gebacken wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Roggenbrot, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Roggenbrot, spelled R-O-G-G-E-N-B-R-O-T.
Definition
- 1Brot, das überwiegend mit Roggenmehl gebacken wird
Synonyms
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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Using “Roggenbrot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-G-G-E-N-B-R-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.