rechnetvsrechterTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,874
“rechnet” frequency rank
#6,582
“rechter” frequency rank
12456
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechnet rechter
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rechnen Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs recht

Where the eye mixes rechnet and rechter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rechnet and rechter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rechnet
7 ch
rechter

Look-alike desk: rechnet vs rechter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rechnet is [ˈʁɛçnət] while rechter is [ˈʁɛçtɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechnet is recorded at frequency rank #5,874, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁɛçnət]. 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 12456, this pair ranks #1,964,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rechnet vs rechter

Shared letters: cehrt. Private to "rechnet": n. Private to "rechter": -.

"rechnet" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "rechter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechnet ← erchnet · rcehnet · recchnet · rechent · rechhnet · rechnett · rechnnet · rechnte
  • rechter ← erchter · rcehter · recchter · rechetr · rechhter · rechterr · rechtre · rechtter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rechnet" and "rechter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rechnet" is a verb and "rechter" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "rechnet" or "rechter" show up more?
"rechnet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,874 in our German list, against #6,582 for "rechter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "rechnet" and "rechter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rechnet" 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 #1,964,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechnet" and "rechter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recent vs rechnet". 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 #1,964,081 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