ReichelvsreichtWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#35,985
“Reichel” frequency rank
#909
“reicht” frequency rank
36894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reichel reicht
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs reichen

Letter map: Reichel vs reicht

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reichel and reicht apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Reichel runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against reicht's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Reichel
6 ch
reicht

Role in the sentence - Reichel and reicht

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reichel is aname and reichtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reichel is recorded at frequency rank #35,985, classified as aname, pronounced […]. reicht is at rank #909, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯çt].

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 36894, this pair ranks #1,604,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Reichel vs reicht

Shared letters: cehir. Private to "Reichel": l. Private to "reicht": t.

"Reichel" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "reicht" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reichelerichel · recihel · reicchel · reicehl · reichell · reichhel · reichle · reihcel
  • reichtericht · reciht · reiccht · reichht · reichtt · reicth · reihct · rreicht

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Reichel" and "reicht" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reichel" is a name and "reicht" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Reichel" or "reicht"?
"reicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #909 in our German list, against #35,985 for "Reichel". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Reichel" and "reicht".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reichel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reicht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,604,017 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reichel" and "reicht" 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 #1,604,017 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