RechnernvsrechterTell them apart

Quick tell: Rechnern is a noun, rechter is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rechnern” is a noun and “rechter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,250
“Rechnern” frequency rank
#6,582
“rechter” frequency rank
39832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rechnern rechter
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Rechner Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs recht

Where the eye mixes Rechnern and rechter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Rechnern runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCC) against rechter's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Rechnern
7 ch
rechter

Visual trap between Rechnern and rechter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rechnern is [ˈʁɛçnɐn] while rechter is [ˈʁɛçtɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rechnern is recorded at frequency rank #33,250, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɛçnɐn]. rechter is at rank #6,582, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁɛçtɐ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39832, this pair ranks #1,525,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Rechnern vs rechter

Shared letters: cehr. Private to "Rechnern": n. Private to "rechter": t.

"Rechnern" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC  ·  "rechter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rechnern ← erchnern · rcehnern · recchnern · rechenrn · rechhnern · rechnenr · rechnernn · rechnerrn
  • rechter ← erchter · rcehter · recchter · rechetr · rechhter · rechterr · rechtre · rechtter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Rechnern" for "rechter" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rechnern" is a noun and "rechter" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Rechnern" vs "rechter" - which ranks higher?
"rechter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,582 in our German list, against #33,250 for "Rechnern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rechnern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rechter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,525,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rechnern" and "rechter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rechnern vs Rentnern". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,525,624 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list