Rückschritte
[ˈʁʏkˌʃʁɪtə]
The verdict
“Rückschritte” is uncommon German (frequency #85,782 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,782
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Rückschritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckschritte · Rückschritte · German
Rückschritte · rank #85,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,782
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rückseiten
Nearest frequency peer: Rückseiten (+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 “Rückschritte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rusch
Rusch
14,223 corpus weight
- Rückschritte
Rückschritte
14,219 corpus weight
- Rückseiten
Rückseiten
14,218 corpus weight
- rülpst
rülpst
14,217 corpus weight
- Salven
Salven
14,215 corpus weight
- Samthandsch…
Samthandschuhen
14,214 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rückschritte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rückschritte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌʃʁɪtə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rückschritte” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Rückschritte is uncommon German at frequency #85,782 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌʃʁɪtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Rückschritte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Rückschritte, spelled R-Ü-C-K-S-C-H-R-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Rückschritt
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rückschritt
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Rückschritt
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Rückschritt
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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