rechts

/[ʁɛçt͡s]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#708

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rechts is anGermanadv. It means: seitlich im Gegenteil zu links Pronounced [ʁɛçt͡s]. It ranks #708 in German word frequency. Often confused with reiht and richt.

Key facts for rechts
PropertyValue
Headwordrechts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ʁɛçt͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#708
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rechts is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁɛçt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #708 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for rechts, with forms such as "erchts", "rcehts", and "recchts". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reiht", "richt", "reicht", and more, 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 rechts, spelled R-E-C-H-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    seitlich im Gegenteil zu links
  2. 2
    zum politisch rechten Spektrum gehörend, welches insbesondere Kommunismus und Sozialismus ablehnt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erchts,rcehts,recchts,rechhts,rechst,rechtss,rechtts,recths,rehcts,rrechts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rechts

Misspelling Variants of "rechts"

erchts6rcehts6recchts7rechhts7rechst6rechtss7rechtts7recths6
Misspelling Variants of "rechts"

Frequency rank: #708 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rechts"?
"rechts" is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɛçt͡s].
What does "rechts" mean?
As an adv, "rechts" means: seitlich im Gegenteil zu links
What words are commonly confused with "rechts"?
"rechts" is commonly confused with "reiht", "richt", "reicht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rechts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rechts" is [ʁɛçt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rechts" come from?
"rechts" 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.