Rochester

[ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]

/[ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]/ name

The verdict

“Rochester” is uncommon German (frequency #52,378 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,378
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Kent

Corpus desk

Index DE-rochester · Rochester · German

Rochester · rank #52,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,378
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH riskanten

Nearest frequency peer: riskanten (-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 „Rochester“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rochester
PropertyValue
HeadwordRochester
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rochester“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „riskanten“ (#52,377), „rodin“ (#52,379), „Riffs“ (#52,376). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rochester“ bei #52,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rochester is uncommon German at frequency #52,378 among 2,984 “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

  1. 1
    Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Kent
  2. 2
    Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New York

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rochester liegt östlich von London.
  2. „Jahre später sagte mein Kollege Gregg McCrary während der Arbeit an den Arthur-Shawcross-Prostituiertenmorden in Rochester, New York, korrekt voraus, dass sich der Mörder als jemand herausstellen würde, den viele Polizisten gut kannten und der sie in ihren Lieblingslokalen begeistert aushorchte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rochester"?
"Rochester" is spelled R-O-C-H-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə].
What does "Rochester" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rochester" means: Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Kent
How do you pronounce "Rochester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rochester" is [ˈʁɔt͡ʃɪstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rochester" come from?
"Rochester" 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 "Rochester", 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