Rückfall
[ˈʁʏkˌfal]
The verdict
“Rückfall” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,031
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungewollte Veränderung zurück in Richtung des schlechteren Status quo ante
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckfall · Rückfall · German
Rückfall · rank #27,031 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,031
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Russian
Nearest frequency peer: Russian (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Rückfall“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- rockt
rockt
72,973 corpus weight
- rufus
rufus
72,972 corpus weight
- Russian
Russian
72,971 corpus weight
- Rückfall
Rückfall
72,970 corpus weight
- Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim
72,968 corpus weight
- Samtgemeinde
Samtgemeinde
72,966 corpus weight
What this shows „Rückfall“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Rückfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌfal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Rückfall“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Rückfall (IPA [ˈʁʏkˌfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,031 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rückfall, with forms such as "rcükfall", "rrückfall", and "rücckfall". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Rückhalt", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rückfall, spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1ungewollte Veränderung zurück in Richtung des schlechteren Status quo ante
- 2Wiederausbruch einer geheilt geglaubten Krankheit
- 3erneuter Gesetzesbruch eines bereits einschlägig vorbestraften Straftäters
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rückfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn dieses Gesetz durchkommt, wäre das ein Rückfall in die Zeit vor der Emanzipation.
Nach seiner Therapie war er fast fünf Jahre lang trocken, aber dann kam der Rückfall.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcükfall
- rrückfall
- rücckfall
- rücfkall
- rückafll
- rückfal
- rückffall
- rückflal
- rückkfall
- rükcfall
- ürckfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rückfall - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rückfall", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).