RahnvsrausTell them apart

Quick tell: Rahn is a name, raus is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rahn” is a name and “raus” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,160
“Rahn” frequency rank
#557
“raus” frequency rank
44717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rahn raus
Definition weiblicher Vorname schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus

Letter map: Rahn vs raus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Rahn and raus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Rahn (CVCC) and raus (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Rahn
4 ch
raus

Grammar separator: Rahn vs raus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Rahn is aname and rausanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rahn is recorded at frequency rank #44,160, classified as aname, pronounced […]. raus is at rank #557, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ʁaʊ̯s].

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 44717, this pair ranks #1,377,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Rahn vs raus

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Rahn": hn. Private to "raus": su.

"Rahn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "raus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rahn ← arhn · rahhn · rahnn · ranh · rhan · rrahn
  • raus ← arus · rasu · rauss · rraus · ruas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Rahn" for "raus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rahn" is a name and "raus" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Rahn" or "raus"?
"raus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #557 in our German list, against #44,160 for "Rahn". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Rahn" and "raus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rahn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "raus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,377,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rahn" and "raus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Rahn". 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 #1,377,013 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