review

/[ʁiˈvjuː]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,844

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

review is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reviewen Pronounced [ʁiˈvjuː]. It ranks #6,844 in German word frequency. Often confused with revue and reviews.

Key facts for review
PropertyValue
Headwordreview
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁiˈvjuː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,844
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of review in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for review is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁiˈvjuː]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,844 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reviewen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for review, with forms such as "erview", "reivew", and "reveiw". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "revue", "reviews", "Regie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is review, spelled R-E-V-I-E-W, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reviewen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erview,reivew,reveiw,revieww,reviwe,revview,rreview,rveiew

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for review

Misspelling Variants of "review"

erview6reivew6reveiw6revieww7reviwe6revview7rreview7rveiew6
Misspelling Variants of "review"

Frequency rank: #6,844 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "review"?
"review" is spelled R-E-V-I-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁiˈvjuː].
What does "review" mean?
As a verb, "review" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reviewen
What words are commonly confused with "review"?
"review" is commonly confused with "revue", "reviews", "Regie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "review"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "review" is [ʁiˈvjuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "review" come from?
"review" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.