ReichelvsReichesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Reichel is a name, Reiches is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Reichel” is a name and “Reiches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,985
“Reichel” frequency rank
#5,213
“Reiches” frequency rank
41198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reichel Reiches
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Reich

Letter map: Reichel vs Reiches

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reichel and Reiches apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Reichel and Reiches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Reichel
7 ch
Reiches

Part-of-speech tell for Reichel / Reiches

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reichel is aname and Reichesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “Reichel” becomes s in “Reiches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reichel is recorded at frequency rank #35,985, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Reiches is at rank #5,213, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯çəs].

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 41198, this pair ranks #1,486,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Reichel vs Reiches

Shared letters: cehir. Private to "Reichel": l. Private to "Reiches": s.

"Reichel" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "Reiches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reichel ← erichel · recihel · reicchel · reicehl · reichell · reichhel · reichle · reihcel
  • Reiches ← eriches · recihes · reicches · reicehs · reichess · reichhes · reichse · reihces

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Reichel" and "Reiches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reichel" is a name and "Reiches" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Reichel" or "Reiches" show up more?
"Reiches" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,213 in our German list, against #35,985 for "Reichel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Reichel" vs "Reiches" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reichel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reiches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,486,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reichel" and "Reiches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Reichel". 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 #1,486,484 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