Rivka
"rivka" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rivka” is uncommon English (frequency #99,777 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,777
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rivka · Rivka · English
Rivka · rank #99,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,777
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Risch
Nearest frequency peer: Risch (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rivka”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- revote
revote
233 corpus weight
- Risch
Risch
226 corpus weight
- Rivka
Rivka
224 corpus weight
- Robinette
Robinette
222 corpus weight
- Roget
Roget
219 corpus weight
- rorty
rorty
216 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rivka” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rivka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rivka” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rivka is uncommon English at frequency #99,777 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Hebrew.".
Rivka has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca. The correct English form is Rivka, spelled R-I-V-K-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.