Rheingold

[ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt]

/[ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt]/ noun

The verdict

“Rheingold” is uncommon German (frequency #54,838 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,838
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gold, das im Rhein gefunden wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-rheingold · Rheingold · German

Rheingold · rank #54,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,838
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH revolutioniert

Nearest frequency peer: revolutioniert (-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 „Rheingold“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rheingold
PropertyValue
HeadwordRheingold
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rheingold“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Rheingoldfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „revolutioniert“ (#54,837), „Rohmaterial“ (#54,839), „Rettungsboot“ (#54,836). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rheingold“ bei #54,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rheingold is uncommon German at frequency #54,838 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gold, das im Rhein gefunden wird".

Zero misspellings are on record for Rheingold in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rheingold, spelled R-H-E-I-N-G-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gold, das im Rhein gefunden wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Rheingold, von dem die Sagen und Richard Wagner erzählen, lag nicht irgendwo zwischen den Felsen des Mittelrheins auf dem Flußgrund verborgen, sondern es wurde aus den Alpen, vom gebirgigen Ursprung her mit Glimmer, Quarz und Feldspat in winzigen Plättchen zu Tal geschwemmt und am Oberrhein abgelagert.“

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 "Rheingold"?
"Rheingold" is spelled R-H-E-I-N-G-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt].
What does "Rheingold" mean?
As a noun, "Rheingold" means: Gold, das im Rhein gefunden wird
How do you pronounce "Rheingold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rheingold" is [ˈʁaɪ̯nɡɔlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rheingold" come from?
"Rheingold" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list