regelrechter

[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ]

/[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“regelrechter” is uncommon German (frequency #65,614 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,614
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht

Corpus desk

Index DE-regelrechter · regelrechter · German

regelrechter · rank #65,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,614
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Referentenent…

Nearest frequency peer: Referentenentwurf (-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 „regelrechter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regelrechter
PropertyValue
Headwordregelrechter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,614
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „regelrechter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.regelrechterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Referentenentwurf“ (#65,613), „Rechtsklick“ (#65,612), „Regung“ (#65,616). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „regelrechter“ bei #65,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regelrechter is uncommon German at frequency #65,614 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

regelrechter has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 regelrechter, spelled R-E-G-E-L-R-E-C-H-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Positiv Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht

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 "regelrechter"?
"regelrechter" is spelled R-E-G-E-L-R-E-C-H-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ].
What does "regelrechter" mean?
As an adjective, "regelrechter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs regelrecht
How do you pronounce "regelrechter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regelrechter" is [ˈʁeːɡl̩ˌʁɛçtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regelrechter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recherchiere#65,610pulsierenden#65,596Privatleuten#65,586scharfsinnig#65,648

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list