Rote Armee
[ˈʁoːtə aʁˈmeː]
The verdict
“Rote Armee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rote Arbeiter- und Bauernarmee (1918–1946), Land- und Luftstreitkräfte, ohne Seestreitkräfte, Sowjetrusslands bzw. der Sowjetunion
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rote Armee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈʁoːtə aʁˈmeː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rote Armee” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rote Armee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈʁoːtə aʁˈmeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rote Armee, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct German form is Rote Armee, spelled R-O-T-E- -A-R-M-E-E.
Definition
- 1Rote Arbeiter- und Bauernarmee (1918–1946), Land- und Luftstreitkräfte, ohne Seestreitkräfte, Sowjetrusslands bzw. der Sowjetunion
- 2Sowjetarmee (eigentlich Sowjetarmee und Seekriegsflotte, 1946–1991), Streitkräfte der Sowjetunion
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Rote Armee”
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- The one correct German spelling is R-O-T-E- -A-R-M-E-E - 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.