Rakka

\ʁa.ka\

/\ʁa.ka\/ name

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The verdict

“Rakka” is uncommon French (frequency #90,095 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,095
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de Syrie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rakka · Rakka · French

Rakka · rank #90,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,095
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rahm

Nearest frequency peer: Rahm (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Rakka »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rakka » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rakka
PropertyValue
HeadwordRakka
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁa.ka\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Rakka » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Rakkatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Rahm » (#90,094), « ramifiée » (#90,096), « ragtime » (#90,093). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Rakka » est au #90,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rakka is uncommon French at frequency #90,095 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁa.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville de Syrie.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Rakka in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Rakka, spelled R-A-K-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville de Syrie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Rakka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cinquième ville de Syrie, longtemps négligée par le régime Assad et appauvrie, Rakka s’est libérée avec l’aide de l’Armée syrienne libre (ASL) et de forces salafistes en mars 2013. Mais dès l’automne 2013, la ville est contrôlée par l’organisation État islamique (EI) […]. La bataille pour libérer de l’EI a débuté en juin de cette année […].

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rakka"?
"Rakka" is spelled R-A-K-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ka\.
What does "Rakka" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rakka" means: Ville de Syrie.
How do you pronounce "Rakka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rakka" is \ʁa.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rakka" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quien#90,086queux#90,085rebat#90,107regno#90,113

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list