Rechthaberei
[ˌʁɛçthaːbəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Rechthaberei” is uncommon German (frequency #94,775 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,775
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verhalten, seinen eigenen Standpunkt/seine eigene Meinung um nahezu jeden Preis, auch gegen Widerspruch durchzusetzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rechthaberei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʁɛçthaːbəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rechthaberei” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rechthaberei is uncommon German at frequency #94,775 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʁɛçthaːbəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, seinen eigenen Standpunkt/seine eigene Meinung um nahezu jeden Preis, auch gegen Widerspruch durchzusetzen".
Rechthaberei has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rechthaberei, spelled R-E-C-H-T-H-A-B-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, seinen eigenen Standpunkt/seine eigene Meinung um nahezu jeden Preis, auch gegen Widerspruch durchzusetzen
This word in other languages
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 “Rechthaberei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-C-H-T-H-A-B-E-R-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.