Ravenhill
"ravenhill" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ravenhill” is uncommon English (frequency #78,988 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,988
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old Norse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ravenhill · Ravenhill · English
Ravenhill · rank #78,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,988
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reaffirmation
Nearest frequency peer: reaffirmation (+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 “Ravenhill”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ranga
ranga
21,017 corpus weight
- ransacking
ransacking
21,016 corpus weight
- Ravenhill
Ravenhill
21,013 corpus weight
- reaffirmati…
reaffirmation
21,012 corpus weight
- reawakening
reawakening
21,010 corpus weight
- recalculate
recalculate
21,009 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ravenhill” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ravenhill |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ravenhill” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ravenhill is uncommon English at frequency #78,988 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old Norse.".
Ravenhill has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old Norse female given name Hrafnhildr, composed of the elements hrafn (“raven”) + hildr (“battle”). The correct English form is Ravenhill, spelled R-A-V-E-N-H-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old Norse.
Etymology
From the Old Norse female given name Hrafnhildr, composed of the elements hrafn (“raven”) + hildr (“battle”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).