Rotterdam
\ʁɔ.tœʁ.dam\
The verdict
“Rotterdam” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,153
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rotterdam · Rotterdam · French
Rotterdam · rank #21,153 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,153
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 507,453
- PHOTO-FINISH Robbie
Nearest frequency peer: Robbie (-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 “Rotterdam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- retrouveront
retrouveront
78,851 corpus weight
- Rimbaud
Rimbaud
78,850 corpus weight
- Robbie
Robbie
78,849 corpus weight
- Rotterdam
Rotterdam
78,848 corpus weight
- rouages
rouages
78,847 corpus weight
- rubans
rubans
78,846 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rotterdam” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rotterdam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.tœʁ.dam\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rotterdam” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rotterdam (IPA \ʁɔ.tœʁ.dam\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,153 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rotterdam, with forms such as "ortterdam", "roterdam", and "rotetrdam". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Rotterdam, spelled R-O-T-T-E-R-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.
This word in other languages
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 French 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 French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rotterdam", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.