Richtschnur

[ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯]

/[ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Richtschnur” is uncommon German (frequency #63,702 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,702
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um gerade Linien vorzugeben, straff gespannte Schnur

Corpus desk

Index DE-richtschnur · Richtschnur · German

Richtschnur · rank #63,702 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,702
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH riech

Nearest frequency peer: riech (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Richtschnur“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Richtschnur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Richtschnur
PropertyValue
HeadwordRichtschnur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯]
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,702
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Richtschnur“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Richtschnurfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „riech“ (#63,703), „Rietberg“ (#63,704), „Reutte“ (#63,699). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Richtschnur“ bei #63,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Richtschnur is uncommon German at frequency #63,702 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Richtschnur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Richtschnur, spelled R-I-C-H-T-S-C-H-N-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    um gerade Linien vorzugeben, straff gespannte Schnur
  2. 2
    etwas Abstraktes, nach dem man seine Bewertungen oder sein Verhalten richten kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Richtschnur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Gärtner und der Maurer kommen ohne Richtschnur nicht aus, weil sie in ihrer Arbeit auf gerade Linien angewiesen sind.
  2. Als Richtschnur dient hier das durchschnittliche Jahreseinkommen eines ausgebildeten Handwerkers.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Richtschnur"?
"Richtschnur" is spelled R-I-C-H-T-S-C-H-N-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯].
What does "Richtschnur" mean?
As a noun, "Richtschnur" means: um gerade Linien vorzugeben, straff gespannte Schnur
How do you pronounce "Richtschnur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Richtschnur" is [ˈʁɪçtˌʃnuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Richtschnur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Richtschnur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reflexartig#63,686Rasenfläche#63,679päpstlicher#63,673Präposition#63,669

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list