Rohrstock

/[ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,770

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Rohrstock is aGermannoun. It means: leichter, hohler, leicht elastischer Holzstab zum Schlagen als Bestrafung Pronounced [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk].

Key facts for Rohrstock
PropertyValue
HeadwordRohrstock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rohrstock is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,770 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "leichter, hohler, leicht elastischer Holzstab zum Schlagen als Bestrafung".

No misspelling variants are generated for Rohrstock in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.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.

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 Rohrstock, spelled R-O-H-R-S-T-O-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    leichter, hohler, leicht elastischer Holzstab zum Schlagen als Bestrafung

Frequency rank: #85,770 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rohrstock"?
"Rohrstock" is spelled R-O-H-R-S-T-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk].
What does "Rohrstock" mean?
As a noun, "Rohrstock" means: leichter, hohler, leicht elastischer Holzstab zum Schlagen als Bestrafung
How do you pronounce "Rohrstock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rohrstock" is [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rohrstock" come from?
"Rohrstock" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.