Reval
[ˈʁeːval]
The verdict
“Reval” is uncommon German (frequency #58,222 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,222
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher sowie bis zum 24. Februar 1918 offizieller Name der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn
Corpus desk
Index DE-reval · Reval · German
Reval · rank #58,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,222
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rettenden
Nearest frequency peer: rettenden (-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 „Reval“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- residiert
residiert
41,782 corpus weight
- Restitution
Restitution
41,781 corpus weight
- rettenden
rettenden
41,780 corpus weight
- Reval
Reval
41,779 corpus weight
- revidierte
revidierte
41,778 corpus weight
- revoir
revoir
41,777 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Reval“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reval |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːval] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reval“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reval is uncommon German at frequency #58,222 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʁeːval]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher sowie bis zum 24. Februar 1918 offizieller Name der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Reval, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Reval, spelled R-E-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1deutscher sowie bis zum 24. Februar 1918 offizieller Name der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Reval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Republik Estland, die nördlichste und kleinste der drei Baltenrepubliken, profitiert […] von der Anziehungskraft seiner Hauptstadt Tallinn. Die Stadt, die früher mal Reval hieß und heute ein wichtiger Ostsee-Fährhafen ist, liegt am Finnischen Meerbusen, etwa 80 Kilometer südlich von Helsinki.“
Synonyms
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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