Rückführung

Name: Rückführung, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ]

/[ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Rückführung” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,042
frequency rank, German: 2,984
“R” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Zurückschicken, beispielsweise von Kriegsgefangenen in ihr Ursprungsland

Corpus desk

Index DE-ruckfuhrung · Rückführung · German

Rückführung · rank #20,042 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,042
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 2,984
PHOTO-FINISH Sachschaden

Nearest frequency peer: Sachschaden (+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.

revolutionär

79,963
Richters

79,961
Rückführung

79,959
Sachschaden

79,958
Scan

79,957
Schenkung

79,956

What this shows „Rückführung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Rückführung
Property	Value
Headword	Rückführung
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#20,042
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Rückführung“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Rückführungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#20,042

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sachschaden“ (#20,043), „Richters“ (#20,040), „Scan“ (#20,044). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rückführung“ bei #20,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around Rückführung (IPA [ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,042 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rückführung, with forms such as "rcükführung", "rrückführung", and "rücckführung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Rückführung, spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.

Definition

1
das Zurückschicken, beispielsweise von Kriegsgefangenen in ihr Ursprungsland
2
das Zurückleiten von etwas
3
Reduzierung, beispielsweise von Schulden, Budgets
4
Schließen, Deduktion

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rückführung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Das Bundesinnenministerium will […] die Zahl der Rückführungen nach Afghanistan erhöhen – trotz deutlicher Vorbehalte von Auswärtigem Amt und Bundesländern.
[Ab] 6.30 Uhr [wurde] mit der eigentlichen Rückführung der Migranten begonnen.

Antonyms

Ausbau Erweiterung

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

rcükführung
rrückführung
rücckführung
rücfkührung
rückfführung
rückfhürung
rückfühhrung
rückführnug
rückführrung
rückführugn
rückführungg
rückführunng
rückfühurng
rückfürhung
rückkführung
rücküfhrung
rükcführung
ürckführung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rückführung - 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.

Edit distance from "Rückführung"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rückführung"?

"Rückführung" is spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ].

What does "Rückführung" mean?

As a noun, "Rückführung" means: das Zurückschicken, beispielsweise von Kriegsgefangenen in ihr Ursprungsland

What are common misspellings of "Rückführung"?

Common misspellings include "rcükführung", "rrückführung", "rücckführung", "rücfkührung", "rückfführung". The correct spelling is "Rückführung".

How do you pronounce "Rückführung"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rückführung" is [ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Rückführung" come from?

"Rückführung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rückführung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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