rechten
[ˈʁɛçtn̩]
The verdict
“rechten” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,090
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich (verbal) mit jemandem über oder um etwas streiten (um sein Recht zu behaupten); für sein Recht einstehen, sein Recht von jemandem fordern
Corpus desk
Index DE-rechten · rechten · German
rechten · rank #1,090 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,090
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Nummer
Nearest frequency peer: Nummer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rechten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nix
nix
98,914 corpus weight
- Nummer
Nummer
98,912 corpus weight
- rechten
rechten
98,911 corpus weight
- Reise
Reise
98,910 corpus weight
- Sieg
Sieg
98,909 corpus weight
- sitzen
sitzen
98,908 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rechten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rechten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “rechten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rechten (IPA [ˈʁɛçtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,090 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich (verbal) mit jemandem über oder um etwas streiten (um sein Recht zu behaupten); für sein Recht einstehen, sein Recht von jemandem fordern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rechten, with forms such as "erchten", "rcehten", and "recchten". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rechts", "Retten", "Reihen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is rechten, spelled R-E-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich (verbal) mit jemandem über oder um etwas streiten (um sein Recht zu behaupten); für sein Recht einstehen, sein Recht von jemandem fordern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rechten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Haſtig in dem, was ſie fuͤr Rechtens hielten, rechteten ſie gegen einander.“
„Dafür hatte ich immerhin einen gewissen Nimbus eingeheimst und man rechtete nicht mehr mit mir, liess mir sogar kleine Schwächen passieren, drückte ein Auge zu, benahm sich ausserordentlich kulant wie mit einem Kranken oder anderweitig zu Berücksichtigenden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erchten
- rcehten
- recchten
- rechetn
- rechhten
- rechtenn
- rechtne
- rechtten
- recthen
- rehcten
- rrechten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rechten - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rechten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rechten". Here's where to go from here.
- "rechten" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rechts". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,090 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.