riechen
[ˈʁiːçn̩]
The verdict
“riechen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,254
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Geruch von etwas mit der Nase wahrnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-riechen · riechen · German
riechen · rank #9,254 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,254
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Republikaner
Nearest frequency peer: Republikaner (-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 „riechen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- regelt
regelt
90,750 corpus weight
- repräsentie…
repräsentiert
90,749 corpus weight
- Republikaner
Republikaner
90,748 corpus weight
- riechen
riechen
90,747 corpus weight
- Sammler
Sammler
90,746 corpus weight
- Schnitzel
Schnitzel
90,744 corpus weight
What this shows „riechen“ 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 | riechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁiːçn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „riechen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around riechen (IPA [ˈʁiːçn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,254 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for riechen, with forms such as "irechen", "ricehen", and "riecchen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Riesen", "riecht", "riefen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 riechen, spelled R-I-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Geruch von etwas mit der Nase wahrnehmen
- 2Duftstoffe in die Umgebungsluft abgeben
- 3unangenehmen Geruch verbreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how riechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit meinem Schnupfen rieche ich überhaupt nichts.
„Da wird dann an jeder einzelnen geschnüffelt und gerochen - und auch wenn sonst nichts gefunden wird, eine Palette Teelichte und das eine oder andere Gebinde Duftkerzen wird garantiert mitgenommen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irechen
- ricehen
- riecchen
- riecehn
- riechenn
- riechhen
- riechne
- riehcen
- rriechen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riechen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "riechen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).