Reitsport

/[ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,112

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Reitsport is aGermannoun. It means: Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt Pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt].

Key facts for Reitsport
PropertyValue
HeadwordReitsport
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Reitsport is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,112 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Reitsport in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Reitsport, spelled R-E-I-T-S-P-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #59,112 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reitsport"?
"Reitsport" is spelled R-E-I-T-S-P-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt].
What does "Reitsport" mean?
As a noun, "Reitsport" means: Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt
How do you pronounce "Reitsport"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reitsport" is [ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reitsport" come from?
"Reitsport" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.