Rotterdam
[ʁɔ.tɛʁ.dam]
The verdict
“Rotterdam” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,979
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Róterdam.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rotterdam |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʁɔ.tɛʁ.dam] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rotterdam” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rotterdam (IPA [ʁɔ.tɛʁ.dam]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,979 among 48,955 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Róterdam.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rotterdam, with forms such as "ortterdam", "roterdam", and "rotetrdam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Rotterdam, spelled R-O-T-T-E-R-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Róterdam.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ortterdam
- roterdam
- rotetrdam
- rottedram
- rotteradm
- rotterdamm
- rotterddam
- rotterdma
- rotterrdam
- rottredam
- rrotterdam
- rtoterdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rotterdam - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Rotterdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-T-T-E-R-D-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁɔ.tɛʁ.dam] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.