Rotenberg
"rotenberg" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rotenberg” is uncommon English (frequency #94,208 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,208
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rotenberg · Rotenberg · English
Rotenberg · rank #94,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,208
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH rooter
Nearest frequency peer: rooter (-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 “Rotenberg”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rolleston
Rolleston
5,798 corpus weight
- rooter
rooter
5,794 corpus weight
- Rotenberg
Rotenberg
5,793 corpus weight
- saiga
saiga
5,786 corpus weight
- Salop
Salop
5,785 corpus weight
- saman
saman
5,784 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rotenberg” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rotenberg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rotenberg” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rotenberg is uncommon English at frequency #94,208 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Rotenberg doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”). * As a Jewish surname, var… The correct English form is Rotenberg, spelled R-O-T-E-N-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”). * As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.