Rückfahrt
[ˈʁʏkˌfaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Rückfahrt” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,709
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrt dahin zurück, von wo man aufgebrochen war
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckfahrt · Rückfahrt · German
Rückfahrt · rank #17,709 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,709
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH russisches
Nearest frequency peer: russisches (-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 “Rückfahrt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ruinieren
ruinieren
82,295 corpus weight
- rumänischen
rumänischen
82,294 corpus weight
- russisches
russisches
82,293 corpus weight
- Rückfahrt
Rückfahrt
82,292 corpus weight
- sanften
sanften
82,291 corpus weight
- santo
santo
82,290 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rückfahrt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Rückfahrt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌfaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rückfahrt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Rückfahrt (IPA [ˈʁʏkˌfaːɐ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,709 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fahrt dahin zurück, von wo man aufgebrochen war".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rückfahrt, with forms such as "rcükfahrt", "rrückfahrt", and "rücckfahrt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Rundfahrt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rückfahrt, spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-A-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1Fahrt dahin zurück, von wo man aufgebrochen war
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rückfahrt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem er diesem seine Geschichte erzählt hatte, durfte er seine Rückfahrt nach England abarbeiten.“
„Bei bestem Ausflugswetter am Sonntagnachmittag verkeilt sich eine der 32 Kabinen und macht damit eine Rückfahrt an den Drahtseilen unmöglich.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcükfahrt
- rrückfahrt
- rücckfahrt
- rücfkahrt
- rückafhrt
- rückfahhrt
- rückfahrrt
- rückfahrtt
- rückfahtr
- rückfarht
- rückffahrt
- rückfhart
- rückkfahrt
- rükcfahrt
- ürckfahrt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rückfahrt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Rundfahrt". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,709 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.