Ravenhill

name

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ravenhill” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ravenhill
PropertyValue
HeadwordRavenhill
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Ravenhill” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Ravenhillfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “reaffirmation” (#78,989), “ransacking” (#78,985), “reawakening” (#78,991). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “Ravenhill” is #78,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ravenhill"?
"Ravenhill" is spelled R-A-V-E-N-H-I-L-L.
What does "Ravenhill" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ravenhill" means: A surname from Old Norse.
What is the origin of the word "Ravenhill"?
From the Old Norse female given name Hrafnhildr, composed of the elements hrafn (“raven”) + hildr (“battle”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ravenhill", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list