Riposte
[ʁiˈpɔstə]
The verdict
“Riposte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine Parade folgender Gegenangriff
Corpus desk
Index DE-riposte · Riposte · German
Riposte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Riposte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁiˈpɔstə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Riposte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Riposte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁiˈpɔstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf eine Parade folgender Gegenangriff".
Riposte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Riposte, spelled R-I-P-O-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf eine Parade folgender Gegenangriff
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.