ruten
[ˈrutɛn]
The verdict
“ruten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,712 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,712
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruthenium
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruten · ruten · German
ruten · rank #63,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,712
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH runterfallen
Nearest frequency peer: runterfallen (-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 „ruten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rope
rope
36,292 corpus weight
- Rotwild
Rotwild
36,291 corpus weight
- runterfallen
runterfallen
36,290 corpus weight
- ruten
ruten
36,289 corpus weight
- rutschten
rutschten
36,288 corpus weight
- rye
rye
36,287 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ruten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrutɛn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ruten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ruten is uncommon German at frequency #63,712 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrutɛn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruthenium".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ruten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ruten, spelled R-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ruthenium
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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