Radl
[ˈʁaːdl̩]
The verdict
“Radl” is uncommon German (frequency #55,636 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,636
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrrad
Corpus desk
Index DE-radl · Radl · German
Radl · rank #55,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,636
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Radsportler
Nearest frequency peer: Radsportler (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Radl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- psychiatris…
psychiatrischer
44,369 corpus weight
- Pulverfass
Pulverfass
44,368 corpus weight
- Radl
Radl
44,365 corpus weight
- Radsportler
Radsportler
44,364 corpus weight
- Radtouren
Radtouren
44,363 corpus weight
- rasenden
rasenden
44,362 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Radl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Radl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːdl̩] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Radl” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Radl is uncommon German at frequency #55,636 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fahrrad".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Radl in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Radl, spelled R-A-D-L.
Definition
- 1Fahrrad
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Radl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ja, mir san mit’m Radl da“
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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