# rail vs ras

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ras
*verb · IPA [ʁaːs] · frequency rank #33,774*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rasen

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