rühren
[ˈʁyːʁən]
The verdict
“rühren” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,554
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - sich bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruhren · rühren · German
rühren · rank #10,554 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,554
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH romantisch
Nearest frequency peer: romantisch (-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 “rühren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Richtigkeit
Richtigkeit
89,450 corpus weight
- rollt
rollt
89,449 corpus weight
- romantisch
romantisch
89,448 corpus weight
- rühren
rühren
89,447 corpus weight
- schaust
schaust
89,446 corpus weight
- schema
schema
89,445 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rühren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rühren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁyːʁən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rühren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rühren (IPA [ˈʁyːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,554 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rühren, with forms such as "rhüren", "rrühren", and "rühern". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rührt", "Runen", "ruhte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is rühren, spelled R-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich bewegen
- 2eine Masse durch eine Kreisbewegung durchmischen
- 3jemanden innerlich bewegen
- 4bequem stehen
- 5seine Begründung oder Ursache in etwas haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rühren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Junge rührte sich nicht, obwohl er mehrmals gerufen wurde.
Die Mutter hat den Teig gerührt, damit er eine homogene Masse wird.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rhüren
- rrühren
- rühern
- rühhren
- rührenn
- rührne
- rührren
- rürhen
- ürhren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rühren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 September 2, 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 "rühren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.