regelrechte

Name: regelrechte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə]

/[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“regelrechte” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,751
frequency rank, German: 42,116
“R” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

regelrechte vs regelrechten

92% similar

regelrechte vs regelrecht

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for regelrechte
Property	Value
Headword	regelrechte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#29,751
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “regelrechte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). regelrechte lands here:

#29,751

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around regelrechte (IPA [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,751 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for regelrechte, with forms such as "ergelrechte", "reeglrechte", and "regelerchte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "regelrechten", "regelrecht", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. The correct German form is regelrechte, spelled R-E-G-E-L-R-E-C-H-T-E.

Definition

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Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht
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Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergelrechte,reeglrechte,regelerchte,regellrechte,regelrcehte,regelrecchte,regelrechet,regelrechhte,regelrechtte,regelrecthe,regelrehcte,regelrrechte,regerlechte,reggelrechte,reglerechte,rgeelrechte,rregelrechte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regelrechte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "regelrechte"

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 "regelrechte"?

"regelrechte" is spelled R-E-G-E-L-R-E-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə].

What does "regelrechte" mean?

As an adjective, "regelrechte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regelrecht

What words are commonly confused with "regelrechte"?

"regelrechte" is commonly confused with "regelrechten", "regelrecht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "regelrechte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regelrechte" is [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "regelrechte" come from?

"regelrechte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “regelrechte”

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

The one correct German spelling is R-E-G-E-L-R-E-C-H-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “regelrechten” - see the side-by-side comparison. regelrechte vs regelrechten
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Same frequency band

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.