Reich

\ʁajʃ\

/\ʁajʃ\/ name

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The verdict

“Reich” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,046
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reich · Reich · French

Reich · rank #13,046 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,046
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendements

Nearest frequency peer: rendements (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Reich »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Reich » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Reich vs ric
40% similar
Reich vs Rick
60% similar
Reich vs rein
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Reich
PropertyValue
HeadwordReich
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁajʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,046
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Reich »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Reichse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rendements » (#13,047), « quotas » (#13,044), « repenser » (#13,048). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Reich » est au #13,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Reich (IPA \ʁajʃ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,046 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reich, with forms such as "erich", "recih", and "reicch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ric", "Rick", "rein", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Reich, spelled R-E-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Reich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ça s’était terminé avec un show, en plein milieu du public, de l’Ensemble Links, qui interprétait Drumming de Steve Reich.
  2. Elle trouve son origine aussi dans l’approche psycho-corporelle issue des recherches de W. Reich, poursuivies, à sa manière, par Gerda Boyesen.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erich
  • recih
  • reicch
  • reichh
  • reihc
  • riech
  • rreich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erich2recih2reicch1reichh1reihc2riech2rreich1
Edit distance from "Reich"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reich"?
"Reich" is spelled R-E-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁajʃ\.
What does "Reich" mean?
As a proper noun, "Reich" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Reich"?
"Reich" is commonly confused with "ric", "Rick", "rein". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Reich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reich" is \ʁajʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reich" come from?
"Reich" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

naïve#13,016nanas#13,015touch#13,080motos#13,010

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

maris7 variantsabeille7 variantsassumé7 variantsbaker7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list