rechteckig
\ˈʁɛçtʔɛkɪç\
The verdict
“rechteckig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rectangulaire, à angle droit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rechteckig · rechteckig · French
rechteckig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | rechteckig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʁɛçtʔɛkɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rechteckig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʁɛçtʔɛkɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rectangulaire, à angle droit.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rechteckig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rechteckig, spelled R-E-C-H-T-E-C-K-I-G.
Definition
- 1Rectangulaire, à angle droit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rechteckig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Bild ist rechteckig.
Beinah rechteckiges Gesicht. Dunkle, gerade Augen, aber vorspringender Kiefer. Die große Nase ist ebenmäßig. Sehr kurz geschnittenes schwarzes Haar. Der Mund ist geschwungen, die Lippen sind voll und fast immer zusammengepresst.
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.