Rucksack
[ˈʁʊkˌzak]
The verdict
“Rucksack” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,717
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sackartige, beutelartige, verschnürbare oder verschließbare, aus Stoff, Leder oder Kunstleder gefertigte Tragetasche, die auf dem Rücken getragen werden kann und die zu diesem Zwecke mit Tragriemen...
Corpus desk
Index DE-rucksack · Rucksack · German
Rucksack · rank #6,717 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,717
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Riss
Nearest frequency peer: Riss (-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 „Rucksack“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Richtlinien
Richtlinien
93,286 corpus weight
- Riss
Riss
93,285 corpus weight
- Rucksack
Rucksack
93,284 corpus weight
- saint
saint
93,283 corpus weight
- Satire
Satire
93,282 corpus weight
- schicke
schicke
93,281 corpus weight
What this shows „Rucksack“ 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 | Rucksack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊkˌzak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Rucksack“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Rucksack (IPA [ˈʁʊkˌzak]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,717 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sackartige, beutelartige, verschnürbare oder verschließbare, aus Stoff, Leder oder Kunstleder gefertigte Tragetasche, die auf dem Rücken getragen werden kann und die zu diesem Zwecke mit Tragriemen...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rucksack, with forms such as "rcuksack", "rrucksack", and "ruccksack". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ruckzuck", "Rucksäcke", "Rückbank", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rucksack, spelled R-U-C-K-S-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1sackartige, beutelartige, verschnürbare oder verschließbare, aus Stoff, Leder oder Kunstleder gefertigte Tragetasche, die auf dem Rücken getragen werden kann und die zu diesem Zwecke mit Tragriemen versehen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rucksack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In deinem Rucksack ist Wasser ausgelaufen.
In meinem Rucksack ist eine Teekanne ausgelaufen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcuksack
- rrucksack
- ruccksack
- ruckasck
- ruckksack
- rucksacck
- rucksackk
- rucksakc
- ruckscak
- ruckssack
- rucskack
- rukcsack
- urcksack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rucksack - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Rucksack"?
What does "Rucksack" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Rucksack"?
How do you pronounce "Rucksack"?
What language does "Rucksack" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rucksack", 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).