rural

[ʁuˈʁaːl]

/[ʁuˈʁaːl]/ adj

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The verdict

“rural” is uncommon German (frequency #78,486 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,486
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ländlich, bäuerlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-rural · rural · German

rural · rank #78,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,486
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH runners

Nearest frequency peer: runners (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rural“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rural“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rural
PropertyValue
Headwordrural
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁuˈʁaːl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rural“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ruralfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „runners“ (#78,485), „Rundfunksender“ (#78,484), „Rösti“ (#78,488). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rural“ bei #78,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rural is uncommon German at frequency #78,486 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁuˈʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ländlich, bäuerlich".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rural, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is rural, spelled R-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ländlich, bäuerlich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Diese rurale Gegend ist angenehm ruhig.

Antonyms

urban

This word in other languages

rural(English)rural(Español)rural(Français)

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 "rural"?
"rural" is spelled R-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁuˈʁaːl].
What does "rural" mean?
As an adjective, "rural" means: ländlich, bäuerlich
How do you pronounce "rural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rural" is [ʁuˈʁaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rural" come from?
"rural" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rösti#78,488Rioja#78,471seger#78,535siebe#78,548

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list