Ruderboot
[ˈʁuːdɐˌboːt]
The verdict
“Ruderboot” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,631 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,631
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein schmales Boot, das mit Rudern, Riemen oder Skulls fortbewegt und gesteuert wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruderboot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁuːdɐˌboːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ruderboot” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ruderboot is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁuːdɐˌboːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,631 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein schmales Boot, das mit Rudern, Riemen oder Skulls fortbewegt und gesteuert wird".
Ruderboot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ruderboot, spelled R-U-D-E-R-B-O-O-T.
Definition
- 1ein schmales Boot, das mit Rudern, Riemen oder Skulls fortbewegt und gesteuert wird
This word in other languages
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 “Ruderboot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-D-E-R-B-O-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁuːdɐˌboːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.