# rail vs raue

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### raue
*adjective · IPA [ˈʁaʊ̯ə] · frequency rank #24,891*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau

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