RAevsragtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: RAe is a abbrev, ragt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“RAe” is an abbrev and “ragt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,218
“RAe” frequency rank
#20,707
“ragt” frequency rank
66925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RAe ragt
Definition Rechtsanwälte 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ragen

Letter map: RAe vs ragt

Shared letters muted; letters that set RAe and ragt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. RAe runs 3 letters (CVV) against ragt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
RAe
4 ch
ragt

Role in the sentence - RAe and ragt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RAe is anabbrev and ragtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RAe is recorded at frequency rank #46,218, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. ragt is at rank #20,707, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁaːkt].

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 66925, this pair ranks #557,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of RAe vs ragt

Shared letters: ar. Private to "RAe": e. Private to "ragt": gt.

"RAe" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "ragt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ragt ← argt · raggt · ragtt · ratg · rgat · rragt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "RAe" and "ragt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RAe" is an abbrev and "ragt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "RAe" or "ragt" show up more?
"ragt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,707 in our German list, against #46,218 for "RAe". 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 "RAe" and "ragt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "RAe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ragt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #557,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RAe" and "ragt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs RAe". 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 #557,028 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