Rechtskurve

[ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə]

/[ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rechtskurve” is uncommon German (frequency #71,764 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,764
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine in Blickrichtung nach rechts gekrümmte Kurve

Corpus desk

Index DE-rechtskurve · Rechtskurve · German

Rechtskurve · rank #71,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,764
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rechtsextremi…

Nearest frequency peer: Rechtsextremist (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rechtskurve“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rechtskurve“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rechtskurve
PropertyValue
HeadwordRechtskurve
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rechtskurve“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Rechtskurvefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rechtsextremist“ (#71,763), „Rechtspopulist“ (#71,765), „Regierungsantritt“ (#71,766). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rechtskurve“ bei #71,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rechtskurve is uncommon German at frequency #71,764 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine in Blickrichtung nach rechts gekrümmte Kurve".

Rechtskurve doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rechtskurve, spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-K-U-R-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine in Blickrichtung nach rechts gekrümmte Kurve

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rechtskurve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Folgen Sie dieser Straße und biegen Sie nach der nächsten Rechtskurve gleich links ab.
  2. „Die Straße von Niedaltdorf nach Ihn macht eine Rechtskurve, und links liegt der Parkplatz, von dem der kleine Pfad durch den Wald auf das Heiligtum zuführt.“

Antonyms

Linkskurve

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rechtskurve"?
"Rechtskurve" is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-K-U-R-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə].
What does "Rechtskurve" mean?
As a noun, "Rechtskurve" means: eine in Blickrichtung nach rechts gekrümmte Kurve
How do you pronounce "Rechtskurve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rechtskurve" is [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌkʊʁvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rechtskurve" come from?
"Rechtskurve" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rechtskurve", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Reichsadler#71,768reingehauen#71,771Ruhezustand#71,788prophezeien#71,737

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list