Rostock

/[ˈʁɔstɔk]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,928

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Rostock is aGermanname. It means: deutsche Großstadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Pronounced [ˈʁɔstɔk]. It ranks #4,928 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rostocker.

Key facts for Rostock
PropertyValue
HeadwordRostock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈʁɔstɔk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,928
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Rostock in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rostock is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɔstɔk]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,928 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deutsche Großstadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rostock, with forms such as "orstock", "rosotck", and "rosstock". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Rostocker", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Rostock, spelled R-O-S-T-O-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutsche Großstadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orstock,rosotck,rosstock,rostcok,rostocck,rostockk,rostokc,rosttock,rotsock,rrostock,rsotock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rostock

Misspelling Variants of "Rostock"

orstock7rosotck7rosstock8rostcok7rostocck8rostockk8rostokc7rosttock8
Misspelling Variants of "Rostock"

Frequency rank: #4,928 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rostock"?
"Rostock" is spelled R-O-S-T-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔstɔk].
What does "Rostock" mean?
As a name, "Rostock" means: deutsche Großstadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
What words are commonly confused with "Rostock"?
"Rostock" is commonly confused with "Rostocker". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rostock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rostock" is [ˈʁɔstɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rostock" come from?
"Rostock" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.