rasvsRTSWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ras is a verb, RTS is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ras” is a verb and “RTS” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,774
“ras” frequency rank
#42,773
“RTS” frequency rank
76547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ras RTS
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rasen Real Time Strategy (Echtzeitstrategie)

Letter map: ras vs RTS

Shared letters muted; letters that set ras and RTS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ras (CVC) and RTS (CCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
ras
3 ch
RTS

Part-of-speech tell for ras / RTS

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ras is averb and RTSanabbrev. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “ras” becomes t in “RTS”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ras is recorded at frequency rank #33,774, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁaːs]. RTS is at rank #42,773, tagged as anabbrev.

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 76547, this pair ranks #281,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ras vs RTS

Shared letters: rs. Private to "ras": a. Private to "RTS": t.

"ras" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "RTS" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ras" for "RTS" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ras" is a verb and "RTS" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ras" vs "RTS" - which ranks higher?
"ras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,774 in our German list, against #42,773 for "RTS". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "ras" vs "RTS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "RTS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ras" and "RTS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RTS vs RUB". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #281,348 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