Ramah
/ˈɹɑː.mɑ/
"ramah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ramah” is uncommon English (frequency #74,434 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,434
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ramah · Ramah · English
Ramah · rank #74,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,434
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rasul
Nearest frequency peer: rasul (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Ramah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ragdoll
ragdoll
25,573 corpus weight
- Rainn
Rainn
25,570 corpus weight
- Ramah
Ramah
25,567 corpus weight
- rasul
rasul
25,566 corpus weight
- rawness
rawness
25,564 corpus weight
- recommit
recommit
25,561 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ramah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ramah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɑː.mɑ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ramah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ramah is uncommon English at frequency #74,434 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɹɑː.mɑ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ramah in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the Biblical city located on the border of Judea and Israel. Compare Hebron, Hopedale, Nain and Zoar. The correct English form is Ramah, spelled R-A-M-A-H.
Definition
- 1A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Etymology
Named after the Biblical city located on the border of Judea and Israel. Compare Hebron, Hopedale, Nain and Zoar.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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