Richtfest
[ˈʁɪçtˌfɛst]
The verdict
“Richtfest” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,795
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Fest für alle beteiligten Handwerker bei der Errichtung des Dachstuhls auf dem Neubau mit Aufrichten des geschmückten Richtkranzes, der Rede und des Richtspruches der Altgesellen und dem abschl...
Corpus desk
Index DE-richtfest · Richtfest · German
Richtfest · rank #40,795 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,795
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rhetorischen
Nearest frequency peer: rhetorischen (-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 „Richtfest“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- respect
respect
59,210 corpus weight
- Rettungshub…
Rettungshubschrauber
59,208 corpus weight
- rhetorischen
rhetorischen
59,207 corpus weight
- Richtfest
Richtfest
59,206 corpus weight
- risotto
risotto
59,203 corpus weight
- riva
riva
59,202 corpus weight
What this shows „Richtfest“ 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 | Richtfest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪçtˌfɛst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Richtfest“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Richtfest (IPA [ˈʁɪçtˌfɛst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,795 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Fest für alle beteiligten Handwerker bei der Errichtung des Dachstuhls auf dem Neubau mit Aufrichten des geschmückten Richtkranzes, der Rede und des Richtspruches der Altgesellen und dem abschl...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Richtfest, with forms such as "irchtfest", "rcihtfest", and "ricchtfest". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Richtwert", "richtet", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Richtfest, spelled R-I-C-H-T-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1ein Fest für alle beteiligten Handwerker bei der Errichtung des Dachstuhls auf dem Neubau mit Aufrichten des geschmückten Richtkranzes, der Rede und des Richtspruches der Altgesellen und dem abschließenden Richtschmaus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Richtfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Bauherren verzichten leider aus Kostengründen auf ein zünftiges Richtfest.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irchtfest
- rcihtfest
- ricchtfest
- richftest
- richhtfest
- richtefst
- richtfesst
- richtfestt
- richtfets
- richtffest
- richtfset
- richttfest
- ricthfest
- rihctfest
- rrichtfest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Richtfest - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).