Reitsport

[ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]/ noun

The verdict

“Reitsport” is uncommon German (frequency #59,112 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,112
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-reitsport · Reitsport · German

Reitsport · rank #59,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,112
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Regionalzug

Nearest frequency peer: Regionalzug (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Reitsport“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Reitsport“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reitsport
PropertyValue
HeadwordReitsport
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reitsport“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Reitsportfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Regionalzug“ (#59,111), „Regierungsform“ (#59,110), „Regierungsbezirks“ (#59,109). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reitsport“ bei #59,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reitsport is uncommon German at frequency #59,112 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃpɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport, bei dem der Sportler auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Reitsport in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Reitsport, spelled R-E-I-T-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Reitsport appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dem Reitsport ist er bis zuletzt treu geblieben, noch im hohen Alter war er Gast bei den großen Veranstaltungen in Hamburg und Aachen.“

Synonyms

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.

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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Reitsport", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list