Reihe
[ˈʁaɪ̯ə]
The verdict
“Reihe” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #821 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #821
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reihe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯ə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reihe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Reihe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaɪ̯ə]. Corpus data places it at rank #821 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reihe, with forms such as "erihe", "rehie", and "reieh". 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, "rein", "Ruhe", "Reis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Reihe, spelled R-E-I-H-E.
Definition
- 1etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes
- 2eine bestimmte Abfolge, Anzahl, Reihenfolge
- 3Summe der Glieder einer Folge
- 4Zeile einer Tabelle, Matrix oder ähnlicher rechteckiger Schemata
- 5eine Einteilung in der Systematik
- 6die „Zeilen“ eines Schachbretts, acht waagrecht nebeneinander angeordnete Felder
- 7Tonfolge, in der kein Ton wieder auftreten darf, bevor die anderen elf erklungen sind
- 8Serielle Verschaltung mehrerer Bauelemente ^([1])
- 9Buchreihe, Filmreihe, Hörspielreihe, Spielreihe, Videospielreihe
- 10Abfolge aufeinander bezogener Kommunikationsbeiträge
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erihe,rehie,reieh,reihhe,riehe,rreihe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reihe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Reihe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-I-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaɪ̯ə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rein” - see the side-by-side comparison. Reihe vs rein
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.