reell

[ʁeˈɛl]

/[ʁeˈɛl]/ adj

The verdict

“reell” is uncommon German (frequency #84,458 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,458
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf angemessene Weise, in angemessenem Umfang

Corpus desk

Index DE-reell · reell · German

reell · rank #84,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,458
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reformatoren

Nearest frequency peer: Reformatoren (+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 „reell“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reell
PropertyValue
Headwordreell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁeˈɛl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,458
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „reell“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).reellfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reformatoren“ (#84,459), „redundante“ (#84,456), „Redakteurs“ (#84,455). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reell“ bei #84,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reell is uncommon German at frequency #84,458 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁeˈɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reell, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 reell, spelled R-E-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf angemessene Weise, in angemessenem Umfang
  2. 2
    auf die Wirklichkeit bezogen
  3. 3
    Mathematik, in Wendungen wie reelle Zahl: Zahl, die auf der Zahlengerade darstellbar ist; Zahl aus dem kleinsten Erweiterungskörper der rationalen Zahlen, in dem alle Cauchyfolgen konvergieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ist ein ganz reeller Partner.
  2. Ihr habt eine reelle Chance.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reell"?
"reell" is spelled R-E-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈɛl].
What does "reell" mean?
As an adjective, "reell" means: auf angemessene Weise, in angemessenem Umfang
How do you pronounce "reell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reell" is [ʁeˈɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reell" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list