Raqqa

name

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The verdict

“Raqqa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,499
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-raqqa · Raqqa · French

Raqqa · rank #38,499 · 5 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,499
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rally

Nearest frequency peer: rally (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Raqqa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Raqqa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Raqqa vs rasta
40% similar
Raqqa vs rama
40% similar
Raqqa vs raja
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Raqqa
PropertyValue
HeadwordRaqqa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,499
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Raqqa »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Raqqase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rally » (#38,498), « ravageur » (#38,500), « radicalisés » (#38,497). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Raqqa » est au #38,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Raqqa, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,499 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville de Syrie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Raqqa, with forms such as "arqqa", "raqa", and "raqaq". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rasta", "rama", "raja", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Raqqa, spelled R-A-Q-Q-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville de Syrie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les raids transfrontaliers tels que ceux d’Abou Kamal en octobre 2008 et d’Abbottabad en mai 2011, la tentative de libération des otages … à Raqqa en juillet 2014 ont en commun la nécessité de s’infiltrer dans un dispositif symétrique, sur le sol d’un pays allié ou d’un pays contre lequel on n’est pas engagé militairement, pour s’engager contre un acteur…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arqqa
  • raqa
  • raqaq
  • rqaqa
  • rraqqa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Raqqa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arqqa2raqa1raqaq2rqaqa2rraqqa1
Edit distance from "Raqqa"

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 "Raqqa"?
"Raqqa" is spelled R-A-Q-Q-A.
What does "Raqqa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Raqqa" means: Ville de Syrie.
What words are commonly confused with "Raqqa"?
"Raqqa" is commonly confused with "rasta", "rama", "raja". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Raqqa" come from?
"Raqqa" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rally#38,498rough#38,518rules#38,519pater#38,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

poix5 variantsobtus5 variantstarse5 variantsmiro5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list