rye
[ɹaɪ]
The verdict
“rye” is uncommon German (frequency #63,714 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,714
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pflanzen einer Getreidesorte; Roggen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rye |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɹaɪ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rye” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rye is uncommon German at frequency #63,714 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɹaɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
rye doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is rye, spelled R-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Pflanzen einer Getreidesorte; Roggen
- 2Samen von [1]
- 3Kurzform von rye whisky
- 4ein männlicher Zigeuner
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 “rye”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-Y-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.