Rheinau

[ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯]/ name

The verdict

“Rheinau” is uncommon German (frequency #69,632 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,632
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-rheinau · Rheinau · German

Rheinau · rank #69,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,632
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rieden

Nearest frequency peer: Rieden (+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 „Rheinau“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rheinau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rheinau
PropertyValue
HeadwordRheinau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rheinau“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Rheinaufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rieden“ (#69,633), „restliches“ (#69,629), „ringförmige“ (#69,635). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rheinau“ bei #69,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rheinau is uncommon German at frequency #69,632 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rheinau, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rheinau, spelled R-H-E-I-N-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Rheinau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Rheinau liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rheinau"?
"Rheinau" is spelled R-H-E-I-N-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯].
What does "Rheinau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rheinau" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Rheinau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rheinau" is [ˈʁaɪ̯naʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rheinau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rheinau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list