Reichskanzlei
[ˈʁaɪ̯çskant͡sˌlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Reichskanzlei” is uncommon German (frequency #66,624 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,624
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amt, Behörde des Reichskanzlers
Corpus desk
Index DE-reichskanzlei · Reichskanzlei · German
Reichskanzlei · rank #66,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,624
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH reiflicher
Nearest frequency peer: reiflicher (+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 „Reichskanzlei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Regelwerke
Regelwerke
33,380 corpus weight
- Regenwaldes
Regenwaldes
33,379 corpus weight
- Reichskanzl…
Reichskanzlei
33,377 corpus weight
- reiflicher
reiflicher
33,376 corpus weight
- Reiseleiter
Reiseleiter
33,375 corpus weight
- rezitiert
rezitiert
33,374 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Reichskanzlei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reichskanzlei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯çskant͡sˌlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reichskanzlei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reichskanzlei is uncommon German at frequency #66,624 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯çskant͡sˌlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amt, Behörde des Reichskanzlers".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Reichskanzlei, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Reichskanzlei, spelled R-E-I-C-H-S-K-A-N-Z-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1Amt, Behörde des Reichskanzlers
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Reichskanzlei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Reichshauptstadt waren die Vertretungen Österreich-Ungarns und Russlands die bevorzugten Ziele, aber auch die Wilhelmstraße, wo nebeneinander das Auswärtige Amt und die Reichskanzlei lagen.“
„Den britischen Polit-Touristen bot sich in den Trümmern der Reichskanzlei ein chaotischer Anblick.“
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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