reihum
[ʁaɪ̯ˈʔʊm]
The verdict
“reihum” is uncommon German (frequency #62,785 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,785
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Reihe nach von Person zu Person (in einem, auch gedachten Kreis)
Corpus desk
Index DE-reihum · reihum · German
reihum · rank #62,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,785
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Regionalzüge
Nearest frequency peer: Regionalzüge (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “reihum”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Referatslei…
Referatsleiter
37,219 corpus weight
- Regenjacke
Regenjacke
37,218 corpus weight
- Regionalzüge
Regionalzüge
37,217 corpus weight
- reihum
reihum
37,216 corpus weight
- Reinheitsge…
Reinheitsgebot
37,215 corpus weight
- Reling
Reling
37,214 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “reihum” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reihum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʁaɪ̯ˈʔʊm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reihum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reihum is uncommon German at frequency #62,785 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ʁaɪ̯ˈʔʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Reihe nach von Person zu Person (in einem, auch gedachten Kreis)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reihum, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is reihum, spelled R-E-I-H-U-M.
Definition
- 1der Reihe nach von Person zu Person (in einem, auch gedachten Kreis)
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reihum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.