Recife
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The verdict
“Recife” is uncommon German (frequency #63,685 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,685
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Pernambuco
Corpus desk
Index DE-recife · Recife · German
Recife · rank #63,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,685
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rechtssprechu…
Nearest frequency peer: Rechtssprechung (-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 „Recife“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ratz
Ratz
36,320 corpus weight
- Raubbau
Raubbau
36,319 corpus weight
- recherchier…
recherchierten
36,318 corpus weight
- Rechtssprec…
Rechtssprechung
36,317 corpus weight
- Recife
Recife
36,316 corpus weight
- reflexartig
reflexartig
36,315 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Recife“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Recife |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Recife“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Recife is uncommon German at frequency #63,685 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Pernambuco".
Zero misspellings are on record for Recife in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Recife, spelled R-E-C-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Pernambuco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Recife appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recife liegt am atlantischen Ozean.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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