Rohingya

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The verdict

“Rohingya” is uncommon German (frequency #78,475 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,475
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Sprache, die vom gleichnamigen Volk in Myanmar gesprochen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-rohingya · Rohingya · German

Rohingya · rank #78,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,475
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rodenbach

Nearest frequency peer: Rodenbach (-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 „Rohingya“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rohingya
PropertyValue
HeadwordRohingya
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,475
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rohingya“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rodenbach“ (#78,474), „Romanus“ (#78,476), „Rockmusiker“ (#78,473). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rohingya“ bei #78,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rohingya is uncommon German at frequency #78,475 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Sprache, die vom gleichnamigen Volk in Myanmar gesprochen wird".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rohingya, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rohingya, spelled R-O-H-I-N-G-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Sprache, die vom gleichnamigen Volk in Myanmar gesprochen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „This is an Englisch thesaurus designed for Rohingya speakers who wish to better understand the ambiguities and richness of the English language.“

Synonyms

Rohingya language

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 "Rohingya"?
"Rohingya" is spelled R-O-H-I-N-G-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Rohingya" mean?
As a noun, "Rohingya" means: eine Sprache, die vom gleichnamigen Volk in Myanmar gesprochen wird
How do you pronounce "Rohingya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rohingya" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rohingya" come from?
"Rohingya" 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 "Rohingya", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rouladen#78,480Samstage#78,497Schafott#78,499Raunheim#78,444

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list