Rüpel
[ˈʁyːpl̩]
The verdict
“Rüpel” is uncommon German (frequency #62,818 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,818
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die sich schlecht benimmt/sich ungesittet verhält
Corpus desk
Index DE-rupel · Rüpel · German
Rüpel · rank #62,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,818
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH rühre
Nearest frequency peer: rühre (-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 “Rüpel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rötung
Rötung
37,187 corpus weight
- Rückblenden
Rückblenden
37,186 corpus weight
- rühre
rühre
37,184 corpus weight
- Rüpel
Rüpel
37,183 corpus weight
- saftiges
saftiges
37,182 corpus weight
- scheele
scheele
37,179 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rüpel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rüpel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁyːpl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rüpel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rüpel is uncommon German at frequency #62,818 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁyːpl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die sich schlecht benimmt/sich ungesittet verhält".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rüpel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rüpel, spelled R-Ü-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich schlecht benimmt/sich ungesittet verhält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rüpel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jetzt kannst du schreiben, dass ich schlecht erzogen bin“, spottete Nasri zum Schluss seines Rüpel-Auftritts.
„Der Rüpel aber lachte nur darüber.“
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rüpel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.