RaabvsrobTell them apart

Quick tell: Raab is a name, rob is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Raab” is a name and “rob” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,153
“Raab” frequency rank
#11,958
“rob” frequency rank
24111
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Raab rob
Definition rechter Zufluss zur Donau in Südostösterreich und Westungarn einer Person oder einer Institution (Bank, Laden) unerlaubt und meist gewaltsam Geld oder Eigentum wegnehmen: berauben

Letter map: Raab vs rob

Shared letters muted; letters that set Raab and rob apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Raab
3 ch
rob

Grammar separator: Raab vs rob

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Raab is aname and robaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Raab is recorded at frequency rank #12,153, classified as aname, pronounced [ʁaːp]. rob is at rank #11,958, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24111, this pair ranks #1,852,223 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Raab vs rob

Shared letters: br. Private to "Raab": a. Private to "rob": o.

"Raab" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "rob" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Raabarab · raabb · rab · raba · rraab

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Raab" and "rob" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Raab" is a name and "rob" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Raab" or "rob" show up more?
"rob" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,958 in our German list, against #12,153 for "Raab". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Raab" and "rob".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Raab" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rob" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,852,223 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Raab" and "rob" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rob". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,852,223 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list