Which to use
“riecht” is a verb and “right” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,526
- “riecht” frequency rank
- #9,445
- “right” frequency rank
- 14971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | riecht | right |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riechen | Recht, Anrecht |
Letter map: riecht vs right
Shared letters muted; letters that set riecht and right apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for riecht / right
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: riecht is averb and rightanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
riecht is recorded at frequency rank #5,526, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁiːçt]. 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 14971, this pair ranks #1,947,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of riecht vs right
Shared letters: hirt. Private to "riecht": ce. Private to "right": g.
"riecht" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "right" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "riecht" 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 #1,947,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "riecht" 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 #1,947,392 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.