rieten

[ˈʁiːtn̩]

/[ˈʁiːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“rieten” is uncommon German (frequency #66,630 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,630
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten

Corpus desk

Index DE-rieten · rieten · German

rieten · rank #66,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,630
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Riesengebirge

Nearest frequency peer: Riesengebirge (-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 „rieten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rieten
PropertyValue
Headwordrieten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁiːtn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,630
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rieten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).rietenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Riesengebirge“ (#66,629), „Rille“ (#66,631), „riskiere“ (#66,632). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rieten“ bei #66,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rieten is uncommon German at frequency #66,630 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁiːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rieten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rieten, spelled R-I-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten

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 "rieten"?
"rieten" is spelled R-I-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁiːtn̩].
What does "rieten" mean?
As a verb, "rieten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten
How do you pronounce "rieten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rieten" is [ˈʁiːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rieten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ruhten#66,637saugte#66,645Radium#66,611Scherf#66,651

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list