Riffe
[ˈʁɪfə]
The verdict
“Riffe” is uncommon German (frequency #70,731 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,731
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Riff
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Riffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪfə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Riffe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Riffe is uncommon German at frequency #70,731 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Riffe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Riffe, spelled R-I-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Riff
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Riff
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Riff
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Riff
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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Using “Riffe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-I-F-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁɪfə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.