# rag vs real

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### real
*adjective · IPA [ʁeˈaːl] · frequency rank #2,082*
in materieller Form vorhanden

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rag-vs-real