ruckartig
[ˈʁʊkˌaːɐ̯tɪç]
The verdict
“ruckartig” is uncommon German (frequency #77,257 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,257
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unregelmäßig und sprunghaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckartig · ruckartig · German
ruckartig · rank #77,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,257
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Rotstift
Nearest frequency peer: Rotstift (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ruckartig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rollfeld
Rollfeld
22,748 corpus weight
- Rotstift
Rotstift
22,745 corpus weight
- ruckartig
ruckartig
22,744 corpus weight
- rundliche
rundliche
22,742 corpus weight
- rühmte
rühmte
22,740 corpus weight
- Sabah
Sabah
22,739 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ruckartig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruckartig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊkˌaːɐ̯tɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ruckartig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ruckartig is uncommon German at frequency #77,257 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁʊkˌaːɐ̯tɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ruckartig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ruckartig, spelled R-U-C-K-A-R-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1unregelmäßig und sprunghaft
- 2mit einer kurzen, plötzlichen Bewegung
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruckartig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.