richtige

/[ˈʁɪçtɪɡə]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#841

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

richtige is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig Pronounced [ˈʁɪçtɪɡə]. It ranks #841 in German word frequency. Often confused with richtigen and richtiger.

Key facts for richtige
PropertyValue
Headwordrichtige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʁɪçtɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#841
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of richtige in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for richtige is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɪçtɪɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #841 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for richtige, with forms such as "irchtige", "rcihtige", and "ricchtige". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "richtigen", "richtiger", "richtiges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is richtige, spelled R-I-C-H-T-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs richtig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irchtige,rcihtige,ricchtige,richhtige,richitge,richtgie,richtieg,richtigge,richttige,ricthige,rihctige,rrichtige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for richtige

Misspelling Variants of "richtige"

irchtige8rcihtige8ricchtige9richhtige9richitge8richtgie8richtieg8richtigge9
Misspelling Variants of "richtige"

Frequency rank: #841 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "richtige"?
"richtige" is spelled R-I-C-H-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɪçtɪɡə].
What does "richtige" mean?
As an adj, "richtige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs richtig
What words are commonly confused with "richtige"?
"richtige" is commonly confused with "richtigen", "richtiger", "richtiges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "richtige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "richtige" is [ˈʁɪçtɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "richtige" come from?
"richtige" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.