riech
[ʁiːç]
The verdict
“riech” is uncommon German (frequency #63,703 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,703
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-riech · riech · German
riech · rank #63,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,703
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Richtschnur
Nearest frequency peer: Richtschnur (-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 „riech“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Reutte
Reutte
36,302 corpus weight
- Richtschnur
Richtschnur
36,299 corpus weight
- riech
riech
36,298 corpus weight
- Rietberg
Rietberg
36,297 corpus weight
- Rigi
Rigi
36,296 corpus weight
- Rittergut
Rittergut
36,295 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „riech“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | riech |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁiːç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „riech“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
riech is uncommon German at frequency #63,703 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁiːç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riechen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for riech, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is riech, spelled R-I-E-C-H.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs riechen
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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