rächen
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#15,734
in German word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
rächen is aGermanverb. It means: jemandem für eine als Unrecht empfundene Tat eines anderen Genugtuung verschaffen, indem man diesem ebenfalls einen Nachteil zufügt Pronounced [ˈʁɛçn̩]. Often confused with Rahn and raten.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rächen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rächen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,734 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rächen, with forms such as "rcähen", "rrächen", and "räcchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rahn", "raten", "Rasen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rächen, spelled R-Ä-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1jemandem für eine als Unrecht empfundene Tat eines anderen Genugtuung verschaffen, indem man diesem ebenfalls einen Nachteil zufügt
- 2für eine als Unrecht empfundene Tat eines anderen bei diesem Rache nehmen
- 3sich selbst für eine als Unrecht empfundene Tat eines anderen Genugtuung verschaffen, indem man diesem ebenfalls einen Nachteil zufügt
- 4schlimme Konsequenzen nach sich ziehen, sich nachteilig auswirken
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rcähen,rrächen,räcchen,räcehn,rächenn,rächhen,rächne,rähcen,ärchen
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Misspelling Variants of "rächen"
Frequency rank: #15,734 in German
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