Rohrer
"rohrer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rohrer” is uncommon English (frequency #79,017 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,017
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rohrer · Rohrer · English
Rohrer · rank #79,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,017
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH romping
Nearest frequency peer: romping (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rohrer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rethought
rethought
20,990 corpus weight
- revie
revie
20,989 corpus weight
- Rohrer
Rohrer
20,984 corpus weight
- romping
romping
20,983 corpus weight
- Rosemount
Rosemount
20,981 corpus weight
- Rostock
Rostock
20,979 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rohrer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rohrer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rohrer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rohrer is uncommon English at frequency #79,017 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rohrer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Rohrer. The correct English form is Rohrer, spelled R-O-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rohrer.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.