rumsitzen
[ˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“rumsitzen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #36,601 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #36,601
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rumsitzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rumsitzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rumsitzen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,601 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "untätig irgendwo länger sitzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for rumsitzen, with forms such as "rmusitzen", "rrumsitzen", and "rumistzen". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct German form is rumsitzen, spelled R-U-M-S-I-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rmusitzen,rrumsitzen,rumistzen,rummsitzen,rumsitezn,rumsittzen,rumsitzenn,rumsitzne,rumsitzzen,rumsizten,rumssitzen,rumstizen,rusmitzen,urmsitzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rumsitzen - 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.
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Using “rumsitzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-M-S-I-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.