rettest
[ˈʁɛtəst]
The verdict
“rettest” is uncommon German (frequency #89,496 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,496
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs retten
Corpus desk
Index DE-rettest · rettest · German
rettest · rank #89,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,496
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH retard
Nearest frequency peer: retard (-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 „rettest“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ressortleit…
Ressortleiter
10,507 corpus weight
- retard
retard
10,506 corpus weight
- rettest
rettest
10,505 corpus weight
- Rezitation
Rezitation
10,504 corpus weight
- Richterspru…
Richterspruch
10,503 corpus weight
- Riel
Riel
10,502 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rettest“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rettest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛtəst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rettest“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rettest is uncommon German at frequency #89,496 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁɛtəst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rettest doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is rettest, spelled R-E-T-T-E-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs retten
- 22. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs retten
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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