rutschig
[ˈʁʊt͡ʃɪç]
The verdict
“rutschig” is uncommon German (frequency #53,202 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,202
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so beschaffen, dass jemand/etwas rutschen, ausgleiten kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-rutschig · rutschig · German
rutschig · rank #53,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,202
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rumänischer
Nearest frequency peer: rumänischer (-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 „rutschig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ruhezeiten
Ruhezeiten
46,802 corpus weight
- ruhigere
ruhigere
46,801 corpus weight
- rumänischer
rumänischer
46,800 corpus weight
- rutschig
rutschig
46,799 corpus weight
- Saloniki
Saloniki
46,797 corpus weight
- Sanitäranla…
Sanitäranlagen
46,796 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rutschig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rutschig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊt͡ʃɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rutschig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rutschig is uncommon German at frequency #53,202 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁʊt͡ʃɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so beschaffen, dass jemand/etwas rutschen, ausgleiten kann".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rutschig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 rutschig, spelled R-U-T-S-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1so beschaffen, dass jemand/etwas rutschen, ausgleiten kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rutschig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Achtung, der Boden ist rutschig!
Nach der traditionellen Tomatenschlacht „Tomatina“ waren die Wege und Straßen rutschig und glitschig.
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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