rez

[rɛs]

/[rɛs]/ noun

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The verdict

“rez” is uncommon German (frequency #76,105 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,105
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rötlich braune Schicht auf eisenhaltigen Oberflächen

Corpus desk

Index DE-rez · rez · German

rez · rank #76,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,105
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Retouren

Nearest frequency peer: Retouren (-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 „rez“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rez
PropertyValue
Headwordrez
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[rɛs]
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rez“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Retouren“ (#76,104), „Rendering“ (#76,103), „rieselt“ (#76,107). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rez“ bei #76,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rez is uncommon German at frequency #76,105 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rötlich braune Schicht auf eisenhaltigen Oberflächen".

rez doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 rez, spelled R-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    rötlich braune Schicht auf eisenhaltigen Oberflächen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rez rozežírá železo.
  2. Rez se usazuje na železo.

Synonyms

rošt

This word in other languages

rust(English)

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 "rez"?
"rez" is spelled R-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [rɛs].
What does "rez" mean?
As a noun, "rez" means: rötlich braune Schicht auf eisenhaltigen Oberflächen
How do you pronounce "rez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rez" is [rɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rez" come from?
"rez" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

SdK#76,150SSO#76,202MLB#75,979MI6#75,967

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list