# rag vs rail

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rag
*verb · IPA [ʁaːk] · frequency rank #37,740*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen

### rail
*noun · IPA [reɪl] · frequency rank #31,232*
die Bahn (Eisenbahn)

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