Reinheitsgebot
[ˈʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌboːt]
The verdict
“Reinheitsgebot” is uncommon German (frequency #62,786 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,786
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gesetzliche Vorschriften über erlaubte Inhaltsstoffe im Bier
Corpus desk
Index DE-reinheitsgebot · Reinheitsgebot · German
Reinheitsgebot · rank #62,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,786
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH reihum
Nearest frequency peer: reihum (-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 “Reinheitsgebot”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- remise
remise
37,213 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Reinheitsgebot” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reinheitsgebot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌboːt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #62,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reinheitsgebot” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Reinheitsgebot is uncommon German at frequency #62,786 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌboːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gesetzliche Vorschriften über erlaubte Inhaltsstoffe im Bier".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Reinheitsgebot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Reinheitsgebot, spelled R-E-I-N-H-E-I-T-S-G-E-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1gesetzliche Vorschriften über erlaubte Inhaltsstoffe im Bier
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 "Reinheitsgebot", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 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.