RSS
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The verdict
“RSS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,698) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,698
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Really Simple Syndication, Format zur Veröffentlichung von Nachrichten im Internet
Corpus desk
Index DE-rss · RSS · German
RSS · rank #19,698 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,698
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rotenburg
Nearest frequency peer: Rotenburg (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „RSS“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- ringer
ringer
80,307 corpus weight
- Rocker
Rocker
80,306 corpus weight
- Rotenburg
Rotenburg
80,304 corpus weight
- RSS
RSS
80,303 corpus weight
- Rufnummer
Rufnummer
80,301 corpus weight
- rückblickend
rückblickend
80,300 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „RSS“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | RSS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #19,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „RSS“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for RSS is neighbouring look-alikes ("RV", "RZ", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #19,698 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Really Simple Syndication, Format zur Veröffentlichung von Nachrichten im Internet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for RSS, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RV", "RZ", "Ru", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is RSS, spelled R-S-S.
Definition
- 1Really Simple Syndication, Format zur Veröffentlichung von Nachrichten im Internet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how RSS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mittels RSS blieb er immer auf dem neusten Stand.
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 "RSS", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).