Raleigh

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The verdict

“Raleigh” is uncommon German (frequency #56,453 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,453
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt in North Carolina, USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-raleigh · Raleigh · German

Raleigh · rank #56,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,453
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH radical

Nearest frequency peer: radical (-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 „Raleigh“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Raleigh“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Raleigh
PropertyValue
HeadwordRaleigh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,453
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Raleigh“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Raleighfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „radical“ (#56,452), „Rappern“ (#56,454), „quillt“ (#56,451). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Raleigh“ bei #56,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Raleigh is uncommon German at frequency #56,453 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Raleigh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Raleigh, spelled R-A-L-E-I-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Großstadt in North Carolina, USA
  2. 2
    Name verschiedener Orte in Nordamerika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „›Ich arbeite für ein Pharmaunternehmen im RTP - dem Research Triangle Park bei Raleigh in North Carolina.‹“
  2. „Der Job in Raleigh, das schmutzige Geld, alles eingefädelt für den echten Job.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Raleigh"?
"Raleigh" is spelled R-A-L-E-I-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Raleigh" mean?
As a proper noun, "Raleigh" means: Großstadt in North Carolina, USA
How do you pronounce "Raleigh"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

radical#56,452Rappern#56,454rasende#56,455Remagen#56,468

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list