re

/[ʁeː]/ particle

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,150

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

re is aGermanparticle. It means: beim Solmisieren oder Solfeggieren benutzte Silbe zum Singen eines bestimmten Tons aus der Tonleiter Pronounced [ʁeː]. It ranks #4,150 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rn and Rs.

Key facts for re
PropertyValue
Headwordre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechParticle
IPA[ʁeː]
Letters2
Frequency rank#4,150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of re in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for re is 2 letters long, classified as aparticle, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,150 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "beim Solmisieren oder Solfeggieren benutzte Silbe zum Singen eines bestimmten Tons aus der Tonleiter".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for re in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rn", "Rs", "RV", 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 re, spelled R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    beim Solmisieren oder Solfeggieren benutzte Silbe zum Singen eines bestimmten Tons aus der Tonleiter

Frequency rank: #4,150 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "re"?
"re" is spelled R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeː].
What does "re" mean?
As a particle, "re" means: beim Solmisieren oder Solfeggieren benutzte Silbe zum Singen eines bestimmten Tons aus der Tonleiter
What words are commonly confused with "re"?
"re" is commonly confused with "Rn", "Rs", "RV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "re"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "re" is [ʁeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "re" come from?
"re" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.