# Rechte vs Recke

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rechte
*noun · IPA [ˈʁɛçtə] · frequency rank #891*
die rechts gelegene Hand

### Recke
*noun · IPA [ˈʁɛkə] · frequency rank #41,415*
ungeschlachter, riesenhafter Krieger, Held aus Sagen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rechte-vs-recke