Reihe

/[ˈʁaɪ̯ə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#821

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Reihe is aGermannoun. It means: etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes Pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯ə]. It ranks #821 in German word frequency. Often confused with rein and Ruhe.

Key facts for Reihe
PropertyValue
HeadwordReihe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯ə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#821
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Reihe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Reihe, with forms such as "erihe", "rehie", and "reieh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rein", "Ruhe", "Reis", 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 Reihe, spelled R-E-I-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes
  2. 2
    eine bestimmte Abfolge, Anzahl, Reihenfolge
  3. 3
    Summe der Glieder einer Folge
  4. 4
    Zeile einer Tabelle, Matrix oder ähnlicher rechteckiger Schemata
  5. 5
    eine Einteilung in der Systematik
  6. 6
    die „Zeilen“ eines Schachbretts, acht waagrecht nebeneinander angeordnete Felder
  7. 7
    Tonfolge, in der kein Ton wieder auftreten darf, bevor die anderen elf erklungen sind
  8. 8
    Serielle Verschaltung mehrerer Bauelemente ^([1])
  9. 9
    Buchreihe, Filmreihe, Hörspielreihe, Spielreihe, Videospielreihe
  10. 10
    Abfolge aufeinander bezogener Kommunikationsbeiträge

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erihe,rehie,reieh,reihhe,riehe,rreihe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Reihe

Misspelling Variants of "Reihe"

erihe5rehie5reieh5reihhe6riehe5rreihe6
Misspelling Variants of "Reihe"

Frequency rank: #821 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reihe"?
"Reihe" is spelled R-E-I-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯ə].
What does "Reihe" mean?
As a noun, "Reihe" means: etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes
What words are commonly confused with "Reihe"?
"Reihe" is commonly confused with "rein", "Ruhe", "Reis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Reihe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reihe" is [ˈʁaɪ̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reihe" come from?
"Reihe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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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.