Recife
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The verdict
“Recife” is uncommon German (frequency #63,685 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,685
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Pernambuco
| 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) |
Where “Recife” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Recife is uncommon German at frequency #63,685 among 42,116 “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
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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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- The one correct German spelling is R-E-C-I-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.