Ratingen
[ˈʁaːtɪŋən]
The verdict
“Ratingen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,856
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ratingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːtɪŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ratingen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Ratingen (IPA [ˈʁaːtɪŋən]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,856 among 42,116 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ratingen, with forms such as "artingen", "raitngen", and "ratignen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Ringen", "Ratings", "Ratzinger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ratingen, spelled R-A-T-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: artingen,raitngen,ratignen,ratinegn,ratingenn,ratinggen,ratingne,ratinngen,ratnigen,rattingen,rratingen,rtaingen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ratingen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Ratingen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-I-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaːtɪŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ringen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ratingen vs Ringen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.