# race vs Rute

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### race
*noun · IPA [ɹeɪs] · frequency rank #12,154*
Rasse

### Rute
*noun · IPA [ˈʁuːtə] · frequency rank #37,750*
meist zusammengebundene lange, dünne und flexible Zweige (ohne Blätter), Gerte

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/race-vs-rute