Respekt

[ʁeˈspɛkt]

/[ʁeˈspɛkt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Respekt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,038
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achtung und Wertschätzung gegenüber jemandem/etwas; meist bezogen auf eine andere Person, aber auch Tiere, Gruppen, Institutionen, Länder, Kulturen und Weltanschauungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-respekt · Respekt · German

Respekt · rank #2,038 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,038
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH private

Nearest frequency peer: private (-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 “Respekt”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Respekt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Respekt vs respect
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Respekt
PropertyValue
HeadwordRespekt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeˈspɛkt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,038
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Respekt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Respektliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „private“ (#2,037), „Schuhe“ (#2,039), „praktisch“ (#2,036). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Respekt (IPA [ʁeˈspɛkt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,038 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Respekt, with forms such as "erspekt", "repsekt", and "resepkt". 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, "respect", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Respekt, spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Achtung und Wertschätzung gegenüber jemandem/etwas; meist bezogen auf eine andere Person, aber auch Tiere, Gruppen, Institutionen, Länder, Kulturen und Weltanschauungen
  2. 2
    Scheu, Angst gegenüber etwas/jemandem, welche meist in dessen Nicht-Unterlegenheit (in einer gewissen Hinsicht) begründet liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe Respekt vor meinen Eltern.
  2. „Der verinnerlichte Bergsportler begegnet dem Berg mit Respekt vor der Großartigkeit der Natur.“

Synonyms

Chapeau

Antonyms

RespektlosigkeitFrechheitMissachtung

This word in other languages

respect(English)respeto(Español)respect(Français)respeito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erspekt
  • repsekt
  • resepkt
  • respekkt
  • respektt
  • respetk
  • respket
  • resppekt
  • resspekt
  • rrespekt
  • rsepekt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Respekt - 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.

erspekt2repsekt2resepkt2respekkt1respektt1respetk2respket2resppekt1
Edit distance from "Respekt"

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 "Respekt"?
"Respekt" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈspɛkt].
What does "Respekt" mean?
As a noun, "Respekt" means: Achtung und Wertschätzung gegenüber jemandem/etwas; meist bezogen auf eine andere Person, aber auch Tiere, Gruppen, Institutionen, Länder, Kulturen und Weltanschauungen
What words are commonly confused with "Respekt"?
"Respekt" is commonly confused with "respect". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Respekt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Respekt" is [ʁeˈspɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Respekt" come from?
"Respekt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

private#2,037schönes#2,040steuern#2,042Analyse#2,046

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

komisch11 variantsAufnahme11 variantsFischer11 variantsbislang11 variants

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "respect". View pair
  • 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,038 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list