Rehau
[ˈʁeːaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Rehau” is uncommon German (frequency #68,606 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,606
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-rehau · Rehau · German
Rehau · rank #68,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,606
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH regten
Nearest frequency peer: regten (-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 „Rehau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Referendare
Referendare
31,399 corpus weight
- Regelbetrieb
Regelbetrieb
31,398 corpus weight
- Regimentern
Regimentern
31,397 corpus weight
- regten
regten
31,396 corpus weight
- Rehau
Rehau
31,395 corpus weight
- reign
reign
31,393 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rehau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rehau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rehau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rehau is uncommon German at frequency #68,606 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʁeːaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".
Rehau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rehau, spelled R-E-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rehau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rehau liegt im Südosten von Deutschland.
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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