reichhaltig
[ˈʁaɪ̯çˌhaltɪç]
The verdict
“reichhaltig” is uncommon German (frequency #52,365 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,365
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von einer Sache viel enthaltend, eine große Anzahl von etwas bietend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reichhaltig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯çˌhaltɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reichhaltig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reichhaltig is uncommon German at frequency #52,365 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯çˌhaltɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer Sache viel enthaltend, eine große Anzahl von etwas bietend".
reichhaltig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is reichhaltig, spelled R-E-I-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1von einer Sache viel enthaltend, eine große Anzahl von etwas bietend
This word in other languages
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 “reichhaltig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-I-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaɪ̯çˌhaltɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.