RAevsRaupeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,218
“RAe” frequency rank
#24,084
“Raupe” frequency rank
70302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RAe Raupe
Definition Rechtsanwälte wurmförmige Larve des Schmetterlings oder der Blattwespe mit beißenden Mundteilen, kurzen bekrallten Brustfüßen und stummelförmigen Afterfüßen

Letter map: RAe vs Raupe

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

3 ch
RAe
5 ch
Raupe

Part-of-speech tell for RAe / Raupe

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RAe is anabbrev and Raupeanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RAe is recorded at frequency rank #46,218, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. Raupe is at rank #24,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaʊ̯pə].

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 70302, this pair ranks #450,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of RAe vs Raupe

Shared letters: aer. Private to "RAe": -. Private to "Raupe": pu.

"RAe" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "Raupe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Raupe ← arupe · rapue · rauep · rauppe · rraupe · ruape

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "RAe" for "Raupe" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RAe" is an abbrev and "Raupe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "RAe" or "Raupe"?
"Raupe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,084 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 "Raupe".

  • Full dictionary entry for "RAe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Raupe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #450,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RAe" and "Raupe" 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 #450,363 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