Rijeka

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The verdict

“Rijeka” is uncommon French (frequency #78,810 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,810
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Rijeka.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rijeka · Rijeka · French

Rijeka · rank #78,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,810
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rififi

Nearest frequency peer: rififi (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Rijeka”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Rijeka” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for Rijeka
PropertyValue
HeadwordRijeka
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,810
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Rijeka” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Rijeka lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rijeka is uncommon French at frequency #78,810 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rijeka.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Rijeka in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Rijeka, spelled R-I-J-E-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rijeka.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Rijeka was lange tijd het lelijke eendje van de steden aan de Kroatische kust.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rijeka"?
"Rijeka" is spelled R-I-J-E-K-A.
What does "Rijeka" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rijeka" means: Rijeka.
What language does "Rijeka" come from?
"Rijeka" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rififi#78,809rostre#78,814rovers#78,817sacchi#78,836

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list