Reichtum

/[ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,383

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Reichtum is aGermannoun. It means: großer materieller Besitz Pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm]. It ranks #7,383 in German word frequency. Often confused with Reichtums and Reichtümer.

Key facts for Reichtum
PropertyValue
HeadwordReichtum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,383
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Reichtum in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Reichtum is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,383 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Reichtum, with forms such as "erichtum", "recihtum", and "reicchtum". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Reichtums", "Reichtümer", "reicht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Reichtum, spelled R-E-I-C-H-T-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    großer materieller Besitz
  2. 2
    große Menge kostbarer Dinge

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erichtum,recihtum,reicchtum,reichhtum,reichtmu,reichttum,reichtumm,reichutm,reicthum,reihctum,riechtum,rreichtum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Reichtum

Misspelling Variants of "Reichtum"

erichtum8recihtum8reicchtum9reichhtum9reichtmu8reichttum9reichtumm9reichutm8
Misspelling Variants of "Reichtum"

Frequency rank: #7,383 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reichtum"?
"Reichtum" is spelled R-E-I-C-H-T-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm].
What does "Reichtum" mean?
As a noun, "Reichtum" means: großer materieller Besitz
What words are commonly confused with "Reichtum"?
"Reichtum" is commonly confused with "Reichtums", "Reichtümer", "reicht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Reichtum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reichtum" is [ˈʁaɪ̯çtuːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reichtum" come from?
"Reichtum" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.