Rucksäcke
[ˈʁʊkˌzɛkə]
The verdict
“Rucksäcke” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,598
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
Corpus desk
Index DE-rucksacke · Rucksäcke · German
Rucksäcke · rank #36,598 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,598
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Riten
Nearest frequency peer: Riten (-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 “Rucksäcke”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ridge
Ridge
63,407 corpus weight
- Riege
Riege
63,406 corpus weight
- Riten
Riten
63,404 corpus weight
- Rucksäcke
Rucksäcke
63,403 corpus weight
- ruhte
ruhte
63,402 corpus weight
- rumsitzen
rumsitzen
63,400 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rucksäcke” 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 | Rucksäcke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊkˌzɛkə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rucksäcke” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Rucksäcke (IPA [ˈʁʊkˌzɛkə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,598 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rucksäcke, with forms such as "rcuksäcke", "rrucksäcke", and "ruccksäcke". 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, "Rucksack", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Rucksäcke, spelled R-U-C-K-S-Ä-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcuksäcke
- rrucksäcke
- ruccksäcke
- ruckksäcke
- ruckscäke
- ruckssäcke
- rucksäccke
- rucksäcek
- rucksäckke
- rucksäkce
- ruckäscke
- rucskäcke
- rukcsäcke
- urcksäcke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rucksäcke - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rucksäcke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.