Ruhezustand
[ˈʁuːəˌt͡suːʃtant]
The verdict
“Ruhezustand” is uncommon German (frequency #71,788 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,788
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand von jemandem oder etwas in Untätigkeit oder Entspannung
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruhezustand · Ruhezustand · German
Ruhezustand · rank #71,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,788
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Routinier
Nearest frequency peer: Routinier (-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 “Ruhezustand”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rohling
Rohling
28,217 corpus weight
- Rollstühle
Rollstühle
28,215 corpus weight
- Routinier
Routinier
28,214 corpus weight
- Ruhezustand
Ruhezustand
28,213 corpus weight
- runtergeht
runtergeht
28,212 corpus weight
- Rückzahlung…
Rückzahlungen
28,209 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ruhezustand” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruhezustand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁuːəˌt͡suːʃtant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ruhezustand” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ruhezustand is uncommon German at frequency #71,788 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁuːəˌt͡suːʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ruhezustand in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ruhezustand, spelled R-U-H-E-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Zustand von jemandem oder etwas in Untätigkeit oder Entspannung
- 2Zustand, in dem ein elektronisches Gerät eingeschaltet ist, aber nichts ausführt
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ruhezustand", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.