recherche

/[ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,099

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

recherche is aGermannoun. It means: Suche, Nachforschung, Untersuchung Pronounced [ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ]. It ranks #7,099 in German word frequency. Often confused with Recherchen.

Key facts for recherche
PropertyValue
Headwordrecherche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,099
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for recherche is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,099 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Suche, Nachforschung, Untersuchung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for recherche, with forms such as "ercherche", "rceherche", and "reccherche". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Recherchen", 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 recherche, spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suche, Nachforschung, Untersuchung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercherche,rceherche,reccherche,recehrche,rechecrhe,rechercche,recherceh,recherchhe,recherhce,recherrche,rechherche,rechreche,rehcerche,rrecherche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recherche

Misspelling Variants of "recherche"

ercherche9rceherche9reccherche10recehrche9rechecrhe9rechercche10recherceh9recherchhe10
Misspelling Variants of "recherche"

Frequency rank: #7,099 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recherche"?
"recherche" is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ].
What does "recherche" mean?
As a noun, "recherche" means: Suche, Nachforschung, Untersuchung
What words are commonly confused with "recherche"?
"recherche" is commonly confused with "Recherchen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recherche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recherche" is [ʁǝ.ʃɛʁʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recherche" come from?
"recherche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.