Rückflug
[ˈʁʏkˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Rückflug” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,474
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flug, der zurück zu dem Ort führt, von dem aus jemand gestartet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckflug · Rückflug · German
Rückflug · rank #27,474 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,474
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Roaming
Nearest frequency peer: Roaming (-3 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 “Rückflug”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- remote
remote
72,532 corpus weight
- Roaming
Roaming
72,530 corpus weight
- Rückflug
Rückflug
72,527 corpus weight
- Schiffer
Schiffer
72,524 corpus weight
- schrecklich…
schrecklicher
72,523 corpus weight
- Schröter
Schröter
72,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rückflug” 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 | Rückflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rückflug” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Rückflug (IPA [ˈʁʏkˌfluːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,474 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Flug, der zurück zu dem Ort führt, von dem aus jemand gestartet ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rückflug, with forms such as "rcükflug", "rrückflug", and "rücckflug". 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, "Rückzug", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists 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 Rückflug, spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Flug, der zurück zu dem Ort führt, von dem aus jemand gestartet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rückflug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Telekom Austria hat laut Medienbericht im Jahr 2004 dem damaligen Finanzminister Karl Heinz Grasser sowie Walter Meischberger einen Privatjet für den Rückflug vom Golfen in Spanien bezahlt.“
„Hat ein Passagier den Hinflug seiner Reise nicht genutzt, kann er trotzdem den Rückflug antreten, muss allerdings die Differenz zum anwendbaren Oneway-Tarif bezahlen.“
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcükflug
- rrückflug
- rücckflug
- rücfklug
- rückfflug
- rückflgu
- rückfllug
- rückflugg
- rückfulg
- rückkflug
- rücklfug
- rükcflug
- ürckflug
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rückflug - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Rückflug", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Rückzug". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #27,474 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.