Rio
[ˈʁiːo]
The verdict
“Rio” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,154 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,154
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kurzform für Rio de Janeiro
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rio |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁiːo] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rio” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rio is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁiːo]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,154 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rio in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rn", "Rs", "RV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Rio, spelled R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Kurzform für Rio de Janeiro
- 2eine Gemeinde in Griechenland
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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Using “Rio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁiːo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rn” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rio vs Rn
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.