reelle Zahl

/[ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl]/ phrase

The verdict

“reelle Zahl” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: eine beliebige Zahl auf der Zahlengerade; eine komplexe Zahl mit Imaginärteil 0

Key facts for reelle Zahl
PropertyValue
Headwordreelle Zahl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “reelle Zahl” sits in German frequency

reelle Zahl falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for reelle Zahl is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for reelle Zahl in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is reelle Zahl, spelled R-E-E-L-L-E- -Z-A-H-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine beliebige Zahl auf der Zahlengerade; eine komplexe Zahl mit Imaginärteil 0
  2. 2
    die Menge der reellen Zahlen^([1]); der archimedisch angeordnete, vollständige Körper über ℚ

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reelle Zahl"?
"reelle Zahl" is spelled R-E-E-L-L-E- -Z-A-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl].
What does "reelle Zahl" mean?
As a phrase, "reelle Zahl" means: eine beliebige Zahl auf der Zahlengerade; eine komplexe Zahl mit Imaginärteil 0
How do you pronounce "reelle Zahl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reelle Zahl" is [ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reelle Zahl" come from?
"reelle Zahl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “reelle Zahl”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-E-E-L-L-E- -Z-A-H-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁeˈɛlə ˈt͡saːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.