reifer

Name: reifer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“reifer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,824
frequency rank, German: 2,984
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif

Corpus desk

Index DE-reifer · reifer · German

reifer · rank #28,824 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,824
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,984
PHOTO-FINISH reichste

Nearest frequency peer: reichste (-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.

Reichstags

71,179
reichste

71,178
reifer

71,177
Reliefs

71,176
Reverse

71,175
revidiert

71,174

What this shows „reifer“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

reifer vs Reihe

50% similar

reifer vs Reise

50% similar

reifer vs reine

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for reifer
Property	Value
Headword	reifer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#28,824
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „reifer“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).reiferliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#28,824

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „reichste“ (#28,823), „Reliefs“ (#28,825), „Reichstags“ (#28,822). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reifer“ bei #28,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around reifer (IPA [ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,824 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for reifer, with forms such as "erifer", "refier", and "reiefr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Reihe", "Reise", "reine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 reifer, spelled R-E-I-F-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erifer
refier
reiefr
reiferr
reiffer
reifre
riefer
rreifer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reifer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "reifer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reifer"?

"reifer" is spelled R-E-I-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ].

What does "reifer" mean?

As an adjective, "reifer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs reif

What words are commonly confused with "reifer"?

"reifer" is commonly confused with "Reihe", "Reise", "reine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "reifer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reifer" is [ˈʁaɪ̯fɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "reifer" come from?

"reifer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reifer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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