Rehkalb
[ˈʁeːˌkalp]
The verdict
“Rehkalb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jungtier des Rehwilds
Corpus desk
Index DE-rehkalb · Rehkalb · German
Rehkalb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rehkalb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːˌkalp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rehkalb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rehkalb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁeːˌkalp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jungtier des Rehwilds".
Zero misspellings are on record for Rehkalb in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Rehkalb, spelled R-E-H-K-A-L-B.
Definition
- 1Jungtier des Rehwilds
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.