Ruhr

[ʁuːɐ̯]

/[ʁuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ruhr” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,804
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infektionskrankheit des Darms

Corpus desk

Index DE-ruhr · Ruhr · German

Ruhr · rank #7,804 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,804
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reist

Nearest frequency peer: reist (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Ruhr“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Ruhr“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ruhr vs Rum
50% similar
Ruhr vs run
25% similar
Ruhr vs Rus
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ruhr
PropertyValue
HeadwordRuhr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁuːɐ̯]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,804
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ruhr“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ruhrliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „reist“ (#7,803), „Ruhrgebiet“ (#7,805), „Rechtsprechung“ (#7,802). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Ruhr“ bei #7,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Ruhr (IPA [ʁuːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,804 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Infektionskrankheit des Darms".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ruhr, with forms such as "rhur", "rruhr", and "ruhhr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rum", "run", "Rus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ruhr, spelled R-U-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infektionskrankheit des Darms

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ruhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In den dreißiger Jahren hatte Eisenhower, das wußte Dr. Snyder, einmal an der Ruhr gelitten.“
  2. „Die Ruhr bricht aus, und für diejenigen, die daran erkranken, gibt es keine Hoffnung mehr.“

Synonyms

Dysenterie

This word in other languages

dysentery(English)disentería(Español)dysenterie(Français)disenteria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rhur
  • rruhr
  • ruhhr
  • ruhrr
  • rurh
  • urhr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ruhr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rhur2rruhr1ruhhr1ruhrr1rurh2urhr2
Edit distance from "Ruhr"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ruhr"?
"Ruhr" is spelled R-U-H-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁuːɐ̯].
What does "Ruhr" mean?
As a noun, "Ruhr" means: Infektionskrankheit des Darms
What words are commonly confused with "Ruhr"?
"Ruhr" 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 "Ruhr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ruhr" is [ʁuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ruhr" come from?
"Ruhr" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ruhr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pour#7,799Seen#7,816Stau#7,819Lutz#7,788

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Sauna6 variantsMeier6 variantsjenny6 variantsWilly6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list