rächte

[ˈʁɛçtə]

/[ˈʁɛçtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“rächte” is uncommon German (frequency #76,114 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,114
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen

Corpus desk

Index DE-rachte · rächte · German

rächte · rank #76,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,114
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Russlanddeuts…

Nearest frequency peer: Russlanddeutsche (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rächte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rächte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rächte
PropertyValue
Headwordrächte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁɛçtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,114
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rächte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rächtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Russlanddeutsche“ (#76,113), „Rotorblätter“ (#76,112), „sapphire“ (#76,118). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rächte“ bei #76,114. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rächte is uncommon German at frequency #76,114 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁɛçtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for rächte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rächte, spelled R-Ä-C-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rächte"?
"rächte" is spelled R-Ä-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɛçtə].
What does "rächte" mean?
As a verb, "rächte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rächen
How do you pronounce "rächte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rächte" is [ˈʁɛçtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rächte" come from?
"rächte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rächte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

satter#76,120rebels#76,090Québec#76,081quinto#76,077

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list