rechts
[ʁɛçt͡s]
The verdict
“rechts” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #708 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #708
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - seitlich im Gegenteil zu links
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 | rechts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʁɛçt͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rechts” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rechts is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rechts, with forms such as "erchts", "rcehts", and "recchts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rechts, spelled R-E-C-H-T-S.
Definition
- 1seitlich im Gegenteil zu links
- 2zum politisch rechten Spektrum gehörend, welches insbesondere Kommunismus und Sozialismus ablehnt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erchts,rcehts,recchts,rechhts,rechst,rechtss,rechtts,recths,rehcts,rrechts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rechts - 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 “rechts”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-C-H-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁɛçt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reiht” - see the side-by-side comparison. rechts vs reiht
- 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.