# Rädern vs rauen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rädern
*noun · IPA [ˈʁɛːdɐn] · frequency rank #13,225*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Rad

### rauen
*verb · IPA [ˈʁaʊ̯ən] · frequency rank #27,017*
eine (glatte) Oberfläche rau machen

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