reklamieren
[ʁeklaˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“reklamieren” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #42,759 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #42,759
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich über eine mangelhafte Kaufsache oder Dienstleistung beschweren (und Ersatz oder den Kaufpreis verlangen)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reklamieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁeklaˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reklamieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for reklamieren is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeklaˈmiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,759 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for reklamieren, with forms such as "erklamieren", "rekalmieren", and "rekklamieren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "reklamiert", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 reklamieren, spelled R-E-K-L-A-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich über eine mangelhafte Kaufsache oder Dienstleistung beschweren (und Ersatz oder den Kaufpreis verlangen)
- 2etwas oder jemanden beanspruchen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erklamieren,rekalmieren,rekklamieren,reklaimeren,reklameiren,reklamieern,reklamierenn,reklamierne,reklamierren,reklamireen,reklammieren,rekllamieren,reklmaieren,relkamieren,rkelamieren,rreklamieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reklamieren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “reklamieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-K-L-A-M-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁeklaˈmiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “reklamiert” - see the side-by-side comparison. reklamieren vs reklamiert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.