rechtsstaatlich
[ˈʁɛçt͡sˌʃtaːtlɪç]
The verdict
“rechtsstaatlich” is uncommon German (frequency #56,461 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,461
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an die Gesetze eines Staates, der mindestens die Grundrechte respektiert, gebunden (und zwar sowohl die Bürger/Organisationen als auch insbesondere der Staat selber und seine Organe)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rechtsstaatlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌʃtaːtlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #56,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rechtsstaatlich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rechtsstaatlich is uncommon German at frequency #56,461 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌʃtaːtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an die Gesetze eines Staates, der mindestens die Grundrechte respektiert, gebunden (und zwar sowohl die Bürger/Organisationen als auch insbesondere der Staat selber und seine Organe)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rechtsstaatlich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rechtsstaatlich, spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-S-T-A-A-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1an die Gesetze eines Staates, der mindestens die Grundrechte respektiert, gebunden (und zwar sowohl die Bürger/Organisationen als auch insbesondere der Staat selber und seine Organe)
Antonyms
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-C-H-T-S-S-T-A-A-T-L-I-C-H - 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.