Rucksäcken
[ˈʁʊkˌzɛkn̩]
The verdict
“Rucksäcken” is uncommon German (frequency #82,055 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,055
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rucksäcken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊkˌzɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rucksäcken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rucksäcken is uncommon German at frequency #82,055 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʊkˌzɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack".
No misspelling variants are generated for Rucksäcken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rucksäcken, spelled R-U-C-K-S-Ä-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Rucksack
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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Using “Rucksäcken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-C-K-S-Ä-C-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.