Rücken
[ˈʁʏkn̩]
The verdict
“Rücken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,400
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hintere Fläche des Oberkörpers
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 | Rücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rücken” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Rücken (IPA [ˈʁʏkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,400 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rücken, with forms such as "rcüken", "rrücken", and "rüccken". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rufen", "rückt", "ruhen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rücken, spelled R-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1hintere Fläche des Oberkörpers
- 2Rückenschwimmen
- 3Buchrücken
- 4langer Höhenzug
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcüken
- rrücken
- rüccken
- rücekn
- rückenn
- rückken
- rückne
- rükcen
- ürcken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rücken - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Rücken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-Ü-C-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁʏkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rufen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rücken vs rufen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.