Rechte
[ˈʁɛçtə]
The verdict
“Rechte” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #891 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #891
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die rechts gelegene Hand
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rechte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rechte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rechte is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɛçtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #891 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rechte, with forms such as "erchte", "rcehte", and "recchte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rehe", "Reihe", "Rente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rechte, spelled R-E-C-H-T-E.
Definition
- 1die rechts gelegene Hand
- 2ein Schlag, ein Treffer mit der rechten Hand
- 3Gruppe politisch Aktiver, die dem rechten Spektrum zugerechnet werden; konservative Parteien
- 4weibliche Person, die einer Partei nach [3] nahesteht
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erchte,rcehte,recchte,rechet,rechhte,rechtte,recthe,rehcte,rrechte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rechte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Rechte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-C-H-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁɛçtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rehe” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rechte vs Rehe
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.