Rathenow
[ˈʁaːtəno]
The verdict
“Rathenow” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,576
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rathenow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːtəno] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rathenow” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rathenow (IPA [ˈʁaːtəno]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,576 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rathenow, with forms such as "arthenow", "rahtenow", and "ratehnow". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rathenow, spelled R-A-T-H-E-N-O-W.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arthenow,rahtenow,ratehnow,rathennow,rathenoww,rathenwo,ratheonw,rathhenow,rathneow,ratthenow,rrathenow,rtahenow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rathenow - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Rathenow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-H-E-N-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaːtəno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.