Rhein
[ʁaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Rhein” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,123 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #2,123
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein mitteleuropäischer Fluss, der in den Schweizer Alpen entspringt, die Grenze der Schweiz mit Österreich und mit Liechtenstein bildet, den Bodensee durchfließt, im Südwesten Deutschlands die Gren...
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 | Rhein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʁaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rhein” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rhein is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁaɪ̯n]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,123 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein mitteleuropäischer Fluss, der in den Schweizer Alpen entspringt, die Grenze der Schweiz mit Österreich und mit Liechtenstein bildet, den Bodensee durchfließt, im Südwesten Deutschlands die Gren...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rhein, with forms such as "hrein", "rehin", and "rheinn". 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, "Rin", "Rhön", "Ruin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rhein, spelled R-H-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1ein mitteleuropäischer Fluss, der in den Schweizer Alpen entspringt, die Grenze der Schweiz mit Österreich und mit Liechtenstein bildet, den Bodensee durchfließt, im Südwesten Deutschlands die Grenze zu Frankreich bildet, dann das Mittelrheinische Schiefergebirge durchbricht (siehe Loreley) und schließlich in den Niederlanden im Rheindelta in die Nordsee mündet
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hrein,rehin,rheinn,rheni,rhhein,rhien,rrhein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rhein - 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.
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Using “Rhein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-H-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁaɪ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rin” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rhein vs Rin
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.