Rücksicht
[ˈʁʏkˌzɪçt]
The verdict
“Rücksicht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,230 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,230
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wohlwollendes Verhalten gegenüber jemandem oder etwas unter Beachtung der Umstände
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rücksicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌzɪçt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rücksicht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rücksicht is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁʏkˌzɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,230 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rücksicht, with forms such as "rcüksicht", "rrücksicht", and "rüccksicht". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rücksicht, spelled R-Ü-C-K-S-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1wohlwollendes Verhalten gegenüber jemandem oder etwas unter Beachtung der Umstände
- 2Rückblick auf etwas, das schon vergangen ist
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rcüksicht,rrücksicht,rüccksicht,rückischt,rückksicht,rücksciht,rücksiccht,rücksichht,rücksichtt,rücksicth,rücksihct,rückssicht,rücskicht,rükcsicht,ürcksicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rücksicht - 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.
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Using “Rücksicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-Ü-C-K-S-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁʏkˌzɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.