RAL
The verdict
“RAL” is uncommon German (frequency #54,828 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,828
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung (früher: Reichsausschuss für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ral · RAL · German
RAL · rank #54,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,828
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Ranglisten
Nearest frequency peer: Ranglisten (+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 „RAL“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- quälte
quälte
45,176 corpus weight
- racine
racine
45,175 corpus weight
- RAL
RAL
45,173 corpus weight
- Ranglisten
Ranglisten
45,172 corpus weight
- Rangordnung
Rangordnung
45,171 corpus weight
- Ranzen
Ranzen
45,170 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „RAL“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | RAL |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „RAL“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
RAL is uncommon German at frequency #54,828 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
RAL doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is RAL, spelled R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung (früher: Reichsausschuss für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung)
- 2Richtlinien für die Anlage von Landstraßen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how RAL appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jeder dieser mit einer siebenstelligen Farbnummer gekennzeichnete Farbton ist eine definierte, eigenständige RAL-Farbe. […] So ist beispielsweise RAL 210 60 30 eine Farbe mit dem Buntton 210, der Helligkeit 60 und der Buntheit 30.“
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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