richteten
[ˈʁɪçtətn̩]
The verdict
“richteten” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,111
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs richten
Corpus desk
Index DE-richteten · richteten · German
richteten · rank #17,111 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,111
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH respektiere
Nearest frequency peer: respektiere (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „richteten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- reguliert
reguliert
82,893 corpus weight
- Reichsbürger
Reichsbürger
82,892 corpus weight
- respektiere
respektiere
82,891 corpus weight
- richteten
richteten
82,890 corpus weight
- Riga
Riga
82,889 corpus weight
- rights
rights
82,888 corpus weight
What this shows „richteten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | richteten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪçtətn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „richteten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around richteten (IPA [ˈʁɪçtətn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,111 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for richteten, with forms such as "irchteten", "rcihteten", and "ricchteten". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "richtigen", "richten", "richtet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is richteten, spelled R-I-C-H-T-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs richten
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs richten
- 31. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs richten
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs richten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irchteten
- rcihteten
- ricchteten
- richetten
- richhteten
- richteetn
- richtetenn
- richtetne
- richtetten
- richtteen
- richtteten
- rictheten
- rihcteten
- rrichteten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of richteten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "richteten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).