rutschen

/[ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,926

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

rutschen is aGermanverb. It means: gleiten, auf einer glatten Unterlage keinen Halt haben Pronounced [ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩]. Often confused with rutscht and rutschte.

Key facts for rutschen
PropertyValue
Headwordrutschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,926
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rutschen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rutschen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,926 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for rutschen, with forms such as "rrutschen", "rtuschen", and "rustchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rutscht", "rutschte", "Rutsch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rutschen, spelled R-U-T-S-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gleiten, auf einer glatten Unterlage keinen Halt haben
  2. 2
    etwas rutscht: sich nicht dort halten, wo etwas eigentlich sein soll; nach unten gleiten oder verrutschen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rrutschen,rtuschen,rustchen,rutcshen,rutscchen,rutscehn,rutschenn,rutschhen,rutschne,rutshcen,rutsschen,ruttschen,urtschen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rutschen

Misspelling Variants of "rutschen"

rrutschen9rtuschen8rustchen8rutcshen8rutscchen9rutscehn8rutschenn9rutschhen9
Misspelling Variants of "rutschen"

Frequency rank: #13,926 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rutschen"?
"rutschen" is spelled R-U-T-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩].
What does "rutschen" mean?
As a verb, "rutschen" means: gleiten, auf einer glatten Unterlage keinen Halt haben
What words are commonly confused with "rutschen"?
"rutschen" is commonly confused with "rutscht", "rutschte", "Rutsch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rutschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rutschen" is [ˈʁʊt͡ʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rutschen" come from?
"rutschen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.