rubber

[ˈrʌbə]

/[ˈrʌbə]/ noun

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The verdict

“rubber” is uncommon German (frequency #56,486 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,486
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gummi, Kautschuk, Naturkautschuk

Corpus desk

Index DE-rubber · rubber · German

rubber · rank #56,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,486
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH routiniert

Nearest frequency peer: routiniert (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rubber“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rubber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rubber
PropertyValue
Headwordrubber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrʌbə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rubber“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rubberfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „routiniert“ (#56,485), „ruhende“ (#56,487), „rough“ (#56,484). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rubber“ bei #56,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rubber is uncommon German at frequency #56,486 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrʌbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 17 senses are on record.

rubber doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rubber, spelled R-U-B-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gummi, Kautschuk, Naturkautschuk
  2. 2
    Radiergummi
  3. 3
    Gummiüberschuh
  4. 4
    Gummiüberschuh
  5. 5
    Gummi, Pariser, Kondom
  6. 6
    Reiber, Polierer
  7. 7
    Masseuse, Masseur
  8. 8
    Reibzeug
  9. 9
    Frottierhandtuch, Frottiertuch, Frottierhandschuh, Wischtuch, Polierkissen, Geschirrtuch (britisch)
  10. 10
    Reibfläche
  11. 11
    Schleifstein, Putzfeile
  12. 12
    Farbläufer
  13. 13
    Schmirgelpaper, Glaspapier
  14. 14
    weicher Formziegel
  15. 15
    Puck, Scheibe (Eishockey)
  16. 16
    Platte (Baseball)
  17. 17
    Robber (Kartenspiel)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rubber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rubber"?
"rubber" is spelled R-U-B-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrʌbə].
What does "rubber" mean?
As a noun, "rubber" means: Gummi, Kautschuk, Naturkautschuk
How do you pronounce "rubber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rubber" is [ˈrʌbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rubber" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rubber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list