RAinvsrausConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#18,364
“RAin” frequency rank
#557
“raus” frequency rank
18921
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RAin raus
Definition Abkürzung für Rechtsanwältin schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus

Letter map: RAin vs raus

Shared letters muted; letters that set RAin and raus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
RAin
4 ch
raus

Grammar separator: RAin vs raus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RAin is anabbrev and rausanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RAin is recorded at frequency rank #18,364, classified as anabbrev, 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 18921, this pair ranks #1,913,528 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of RAin vs raus

Shared letters: ar. Private to "RAin": in. Private to "raus": su.

"RAin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "raus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • RAinarin · rainn · rani · rrain
  • rausarus · rasu · rauss · rraus · ruas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "RAin" and "raus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RAin" is an abbrev and "raus" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "RAin" or "raus" show up more?
"raus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #557 in our German list, against #18,364 for "RAin". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "RAin" 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 #1,913,528 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RAin" and "raus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs RAin". 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 #1,913,528 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