Reli
[ʁeli]
The verdict
“Reli” is uncommon German (frequency #57,355 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,355
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schülersprache, meist ohne Artikel: Unterricht im Fach Religion
Corpus desk
Index DE-reli · Reli · German
Reli · rank #57,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,355
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Rektors
Nearest frequency peer: Rektors (-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 “Reli”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rehabilitie…
rehabilitieren
42,650 corpus weight
- Reiki
Reiki
42,649 corpus weight
- reingelegt
reingelegt
42,648 corpus weight
- Rektors
Rektors
42,647 corpus weight
- Reli
Reli
42,646 corpus weight
- Resistenzen
Resistenzen
42,643 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Reli” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reli |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeli] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reli” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Reli is uncommon German at frequency #57,355 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schülersprache, meist ohne Artikel: Unterricht im Fach Religion".
Reli doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Reli, spelled R-E-L-I.
Definition
- 1Schülersprache, meist ohne Artikel: Unterricht im Fach Religion
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 "Reli", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 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.