# RAF vs Ru

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### RAF
*abbrev · IPA [ʁaf] · frequency rank #12,779*
Rote Armee Fraktion

### Ru
*abbrev · frequency rank #24,484*
Ruthenium

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