Redlichkeit
[ˈʁeːtlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Redlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #66,618 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,618
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft einer Person, normgerecht und pflichtbewusst zu handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-redlichkeit · Redlichkeit · German
Redlichkeit · rank #66,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,618
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rechtsverkehr
Nearest frequency peer: Rechtsverkehr (-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 „Redlichkeit“
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 „Redlichkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Redlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːtlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Redlichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Redlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #66,618 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁeːtlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft einer Person, normgerecht und pflichtbewusst zu handeln".
Redlichkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Redlichkeit, spelled R-E-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft einer Person, normgerecht und pflichtbewusst zu handeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Redlichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Haben sie immer Redlichkeit geübt?
„Im Übrigen war er, besonders in den frühen, ab 1936 erscheinenden Bänden seines Werkes, ein großer, um Redlichkeit bemühter Porträtist nicht nur seiner Helden, sondern auch der Gegner seiner Helden.“
This word in other languages
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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