Rest
[ʁɛst]
The verdict
“Rest” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,119
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - übrig bleibender Teil des Ganzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rest · Rest · German
Rest · rank #1,119 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,119
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH post
Nearest frequency peer: post (-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 “Rest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Länder
Länder
98,885 corpus weight
- offenbar
offenbar
98,884 corpus weight
- post
post
98,883 corpus weight
- Rest
Rest
98,882 corpus weight
- Ruhe
Ruhe
98,881 corpus weight
- schreibt
schreibt
98,880 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rest” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Rest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɛst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rest” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Rest (IPA [ʁɛst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,119 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rest, with forms such as "resst", "restt", and "rets". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rs", "rot", "REX", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rest, spelled R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1übrig bleibender Teil des Ganzen
- 2nicht ganzzahlig teilbarer Teil des Dividenden
- 3funktionelle Gruppe an einem Molekülgerüst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf seinem Teller blieb noch ein kleiner Rest Fleisch liegen.
Ich möchte keine Reste essen, kannst du nicht was Ordentliches kochen?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- resst
- restt
- rets
- rrest
- rset
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rest - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 2, 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 "Rest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.