Rochester
[ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]
The verdict
“Rochester” is uncommon German (frequency #52,378 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,378
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Kent
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rochester |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rochester” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rochester is uncommon German at frequency #52,378 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rochester, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rochester, spelled R-O-C-H-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Kent
- 2Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New York
This word in other languages
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 “Rochester”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-C-H-E-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.