Ruhe

/[ˈʁuːə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,120

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ruhe is aGermannoun. It means: Abwesenheit von Ablenkung, Störung, Geräusch und Bewegung; (fast völlige) Stille und Bewegungslosigkeit Pronounced [ˈʁuːə]. It ranks #1,120 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rum and run.

Key facts for Ruhe
PropertyValue
HeadwordRuhe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁuːə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,120
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ruhe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ruhe is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁuːə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,120 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ruhe, with forms such as "rhue", "rruhe", and "rueh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rum", "run", "Rus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ruhe, spelled R-U-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abwesenheit von Ablenkung, Störung, Geräusch und Bewegung; (fast völlige) Stille und Bewegungslosigkeit
  2. 2
    Zustand von Menschen und Tieren in beschaulicher Untätigkeit oder Entspannung
  3. 3
    durch keinen Kampf, keinen Streit oder keinen Unfriede gekennzeichneter Zustand
  4. 4
    Zustand des seelischen Gleichgewichts, der Gelassenheit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rhue,rruhe,rueh,ruhhe,urhe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ruhe

Misspelling Variants of "Ruhe"

rhue4rruhe5rueh4ruhhe5urhe4
Misspelling Variants of "Ruhe"

Frequency rank: #1,120 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ruhe"?
"Ruhe" is spelled R-U-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁuːə].
What does "Ruhe" mean?
As a noun, "Ruhe" means: Abwesenheit von Ablenkung, Störung, Geräusch und Bewegung; (fast völlige) Stille und Bewegungslosigkeit
What words are commonly confused with "Ruhe"?
"Ruhe" is commonly confused with "Rum", "run", "Rus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ruhe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ruhe" is [ˈʁuːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ruhe" come from?
"Ruhe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.