Raclette
[ʁaˈklɛt]
The verdict
“Raclette” is uncommon German (frequency #54,009 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,009
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schweizer Nationalgericht, bei dem man einen Raclette-Käse über offenem Feuer schmelzen lässt und die weich gewordene Käsemasse auf einem Teller über Pellkartoffeln oder Gewürzgurken abstreift und ...
Corpus desk
Index DE-raclette · Raclette · German
Raclette · rank #54,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,009
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Quittungen
Nearest frequency peer: Quittungen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Raclette“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pulheim
Pulheim
45,995 corpus weight
- Quittungen
Quittungen
45,993 corpus weight
- Raclette
Raclette
45,992 corpus weight
- Radrennen
Radrennen
45,991 corpus weight
- Rajoy
Rajoy
45,990 corpus weight
- Ranke
Ranke
45,989 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Raclette“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raclette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaˈklɛt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Raclette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Raclette is uncommon German at frequency #54,009 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁaˈklɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Raclette, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Raclette, spelled R-A-C-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Schweizer Nationalgericht, bei dem man einen Raclette-Käse über offenem Feuer schmelzen lässt und die weich gewordene Käsemasse auf einem Teller über Pellkartoffeln oder Gewürzgurken abstreift und isst
- 2eine Art Grillgerät für die Zubereitung von Raclette [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Raclette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im bekannten Kinderbuch Heidi von Johanna Spyri wird Raclette als „Käsebraten am Spiess“ bezeichnet.“
Wir haben uns ein neues Raclette gekauft.
Synonyms
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); 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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