RAevsratetWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,218
“RAe” frequency rank
#33,249
“ratet” frequency rank
79467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RAe ratet
Definition Rechtsanwälte 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs raten

Letter map: RAe vs ratet

Shared letters muted; letters that set RAe and ratet apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. RAe runs 3 letters (CVV) against ratet's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
RAe
5 ch
ratet

Role in the sentence - RAe and ratet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RAe is anabbrev and ratetaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RAe is recorded at frequency rank #46,218, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. ratet is at rank #33,249, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʁaːtət].

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 79467, this pair ranks #215,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of RAe vs ratet

Shared letters: aer. Private to "RAe": -. Private to "ratet": t.

"RAe" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "ratet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ratet ← artet · raett · ratett · rattet · rratet · rtaet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "RAe" and "ratet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RAe" is an abbrev and "ratet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "RAe" or "ratet" show up more?
"ratet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,249 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

Pair "RAe" vs "ratet" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "RAe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ratet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RAe" and "ratet" 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 #215,957 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