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Rechtschreibfehler

German, noun[ˈʁɛçtʃʁaɪ̯pˌfeːlɐ]

Rechtschreibfehler is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-F-E-H-L-E-R (18 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtschreibfehler is a German masculine noun meaning “misspelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fehler in der Rechtschreibung, falsch geschriebenes Wort”.

What does Rechtschreibfehler mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemisspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fehler in der Rechtschreibung, falsch geschriebenes Wort

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Rechtschreibfehler

  • Rechtschreibfehlers genitive
  • Rechtschreibfehlern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Rechtschreibfehler?

  • [ˈʁɛçtʃʁaɪ̯pˌfeːlɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Rechtschreibfehler

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Rechtschreibfehler in German?

Rechtschreibfehler appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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