Rheine
[ˈʁaɪ̯nə]
The verdict
“Rheine” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,385 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #20,385
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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 | Rheine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯nə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rheine” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rheine is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaɪ̯nə]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,385 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rheine, with forms such as "hreine", "rehine", and "rheien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ruine", "Rheins", "rein", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rheine, spelled R-H-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hreine,rehine,rheien,rheinne,rhenie,rhheine,rhiene,rrheine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rheine - 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 “Rheine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-H-E-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaɪ̯nə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ruine” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rheine vs Ruine
- 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.