rear

[ɹɪɹ]

/[ɹɪɹ]/ noun

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The verdict

“rear” is uncommon German (frequency #90,777 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,777
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Heck, der Fond

Corpus desk

Index DE-rear · rear · German

rear · rank #90,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,777
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rayon

Nearest frequency peer: Rayon (-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 „rear“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rear
PropertyValue
Headwordrear
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɹɪɹ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,777
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rear“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).rearfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rayon“ (#90,776), „Rechnungsprüfer“ (#90,779), „Rechtsschutzes“ (#90,780). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rear“ bei #90,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rear is uncommon German at frequency #90,777 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɹɪɹ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for rear in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rear, spelled R-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Heck, der Fond
  2. 2
    das Hinterland
  3. 3
    die Rückseite eines Hauses
  4. 4
    umgangssprachlich: der Hintern
  5. 5
    Militär: die Nachhut

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 "rear"?
"rear" is spelled R-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɹɪɹ].
What does "rear" mean?
As a noun, "rear" means: das Heck, der Fond
How do you pronounce "rear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rear" is [ɹɪɹ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rear" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pura#90,756Rhin#90,814rinn#90,817saya#90,839

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list