# Recke vs reste

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### reste
*noun · IPA [ʁɛst] · frequency rank #6,843*
Rest, Übriges

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