Riegel
[ˈʁiːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Riegel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,575
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - länglicher Metallschaft, als Teil eines bestimmten Schlosses
Corpus desk
Index DE-riegel · Riegel · German
Riegel · rank #12,575 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,575
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH retro
Nearest frequency peer: retro (-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 „Riegel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- renommierten
renommierten
87,429 corpus weight
- Reparaturen
Reparaturen
87,428 corpus weight
- retro
retro
87,427 corpus weight
- Riegel
Riegel
87,426 corpus weight
- Roberto
Roberto
87,425 corpus weight
- ruiniert
ruiniert
87,424 corpus weight
What this shows „Riegel“ 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 | Riegel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁiːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Riegel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Riegel (IPA [ˈʁiːɡl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,575 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Riegel, with forms such as "iregel", "reigel", and "rieegl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ringe", "Riese", "Riesen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Riegel, spelled R-I-E-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1länglicher Metallschaft, als Teil eines bestimmten Schlosses
- 2Lebensmittel in fester, länglicher Form
- 3Streifen einer Hochebene zwischen zwei tief eingeschnittenen Tälern
- 4Bauteil eines Fachwerkhauses: waagerechter Balken zwischen zwei Ständern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Riegel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schob den alten, rostigen Riegel nach rechts und die Tür öffnete sich.
„Weiter sollte Alpatytsch noch Riegel für die Türen des neuen Leutehauses besorgen, aber genau von der Façon, die der Fürst sich ausgedacht hatte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iregel
- reigel
- rieegl
- riegell
- rieggel
- riegle
- rigeel
- rriegel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Riegel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Riegel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).