reichtvsrightWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#909
“reicht” frequency rank
#9,445
“right” frequency rank
10354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reicht right
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs reichen Recht, Anrecht

Letter map: reicht vs right

Shared letters muted; letters that set reicht and right apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
reicht
5 ch
right

Part-of-speech tell for reicht / right

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reicht is averb and rightanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reicht is recorded at frequency rank #909, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯çt]. right is at rank #9,445, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 10354, this pair ranks #1,975,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reicht vs right

Shared letters: hirt. Private to "reicht": ce. Private to "right": g.

"reicht" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "right" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reichtericht · reciht · reiccht · reichht · reichtt · reicth · reihct · rreicht
  • rightirght · rgiht · rigght · righht · rightt · rigth · rihgt · rright

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reicht" and "right" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reicht" is a verb and "right" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reicht" vs "right" - which ranks higher?
"reicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #909 in our German list, against #9,445 for "right". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "reicht" vs "right" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reicht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "right" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,975,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reicht" and "right" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs right". 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 #1,975,558 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