Rehe
[ˈʁeːə]
The verdict
“Rehe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,739) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,739
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Reh
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rehe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rehe” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Rehe is neighbouring look-alikes ("RH", "REX", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈʁeːə]. Frequency #32,739 among 42,116 “R” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rehe, with forms such as "reeh", "rehhe", and "rhee". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RH", "REX", "res", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rehe, spelled R-E-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Reh
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Reh
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Reh
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: reeh,rehhe,rhee,rrehe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rehe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Rehe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁeːə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “RH” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rehe vs RH
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Words at a similar German frequency
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.