Ruch
[ʁuːx]
The verdict
“Ruch” is uncommon German (frequency #58,233 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,233
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zweifelhaftes Ansehen, das jemand bei anderen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruch · Ruch · German
Ruch · rank #58,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,233
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rotbraun
Nearest frequency peer: rotbraun (-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 „Ruch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rojas
rojas
41,773 corpus weight
- rollende
rollende
41,772 corpus weight
- rostigen
rostigen
41,770 corpus weight
- rotbraun
rotbraun
41,769 corpus weight
- Ruch
Ruch
41,768 corpus weight
- Räumlichkeit
Räumlichkeit
41,765 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ruch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁuːx] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ruch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ruch is uncommon German at frequency #58,233 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ruch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Ruch, spelled R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1zweifelhaftes Ansehen, das jemand bei anderen hat
- 2das, was man riecht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ruch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Rest des alten Ruchs hängt der Branche bis heute nach.“
„Winnie, die Fotografin, hatte die Bewegungen ihres Metiers angenommen, ein klein wenig lässig, doch stets mit dem Ruch des klug Arrangierten.“
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); 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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