Riecher

[ˈʁiːçɐ]

/[ˈʁiːçɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Riecher” is uncommon German (frequency #57,361 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,361
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nase

Corpus desk

Index DE-riecher · Riecher · German

Riecher · rank #57,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,361
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Richtungswech…

Nearest frequency peer: Richtungswechsel (-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 „Riecher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Riecher
PropertyValue
HeadwordRiecher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁiːçɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Riecher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Riecherfällt 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: „Richtungswechsel“ (#57,360), „resümierte“ (#57,359), „rig“ (#57,363). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Riecher“ bei #57,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Riecher is uncommon German at frequency #57,361 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁiːçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Riecher in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Riecher, spelled R-I-E-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nase
  2. 2
    positiv geartetes Gefühl, eine Chance zu ergreifen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Den richtigen Riecher hatte der ADAC auch bei der Entwicklung webbasierter Angebote. Mittlerweile ist der Routenplaner auf www.adac.de mit 1,7 Millionen abgerufenen Routen im Sommerhalbjahr 2011 sein meistgefragter Service sowohl im Internet als auch in den rund 200 Geschäftsstellen.“

Synonyms

AhnungSpürsinn

This word in other languages

nose(English)

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 "Riecher"?
"Riecher" is spelled R-I-E-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁiːçɐ].
What does "Riecher" mean?
As a noun, "Riecher" means: Nase
How do you pronounce "Riecher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Riecher" is [ˈʁiːçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Riecher" come from?
"Riecher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rohkost#57,365Rektors#57,354sakrale#57,373sampler#57,375

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list