reute

[ˈʁɔɪ̯tə]

/[ˈʁɔɪ̯tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“reute” is uncommon German (frequency #72,871 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,871
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs reuen

Corpus desk

Index DE-reute · reute · German

reute · rank #72,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,871
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Retterin

Nearest frequency peer: Retterin (-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 „reute“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „reute“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reute
PropertyValue
Headwordreute
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁɔɪ̯tə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „reute“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).reutefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Retterin“ (#72,870), „richterlicher“ (#72,873), „Riedenburg“ (#72,874). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reute“ bei #72,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reute is uncommon German at frequency #72,871 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for reute in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 reute, spelled R-E-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs reuen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs reuen

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 "reute"?
"reute" is spelled R-E-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔɪ̯tə].
What does "reute" mean?
As a verb, "reute" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs reuen
How do you pronounce "reute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reute" is [ˈʁɔɪ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reute" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

realm#72,859raise#72,852servo#72,920Polos#72,818

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list