Ricke
[ˈʁɪkə]
The verdict
“Ricke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reh von weiblichem Geschlecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ricke · Ricke · German
Ricke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ricke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪkə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ricke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ricke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reh von weiblichem Geschlecht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ricke, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ricke, spelled R-I-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Reh von weiblichem Geschlecht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ricke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ricke wacht über ihre Kitze.
Der Rehbock interagiert mit mehreren Ricken.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.