Rechtsverkehr
[ˈʁɛçt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Rechtsverkehr” is uncommon German (frequency #66,617 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,617
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Straßen- beziehungsweise Schienenverkehr, bei dem auf der in Fahrtrichtung rechten Spur der Straße beziehungsweise dem rechten Gleis gefahren wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-rechtsverkehr · Rechtsverkehr · German
Rechtsverkehr · rank #66,617 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,617
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH reasons
Nearest frequency peer: reasons (-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 „Rechtsverkehr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- reasons
reasons
33,385 corpus weight
- Rechtsverke…
Rechtsverkehr
33,384 corpus weight
- Redlichkeit
Redlichkeit
33,383 corpus weight
- Rednerin
Rednerin
33,382 corpus weight
- Regelungste…
Regelungstechnik
33,381 corpus weight
- Regelwerke
Regelwerke
33,380 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rechtsverkehr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rechtsverkehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛçt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rechtsverkehr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rechtsverkehr is uncommon German at frequency #66,617 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛçt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Straßen- beziehungsweise Schienenverkehr, bei dem auf der in Fahrtrichtung rechten Spur der Straße beziehungsweise dem rechten Gleis gefahren wird".
Rechtsverkehr doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rechtsverkehr, spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-V-E-R-K-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Straßen- beziehungsweise Schienenverkehr, bei dem auf der in Fahrtrichtung rechten Spur der Straße beziehungsweise dem rechten Gleis gefahren wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rechtsverkehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Großbritannien ist Linksverkehr vorgeschrieben, während in Kontinentaleuropa Rechtsverkehr herrscht.
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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