Which to use
“rasch” and “rascher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,916
- “rasch” frequency rank
- #27,901
- “rascher” frequency rank
- 31817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasch | rascher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in einem zügigen Tempo, oftmals auch mit einem schnellen Beginn und ohne viel Aufwand zu treiben oder groß nachzudenken, eventuell auch unerwartet und plötzlich | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rasch |
Where the eye mixes rasch and rascher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rasch vs rascher
A purely visual mix-up. rasch ([ʁaʃ]) and rascher ([ˈʁaʃɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rasch” sits inside “rascher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasch is recorded at frequency rank #3,916, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁaʃ]. rascher is at rank #27,901, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaʃɐ].
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 31817, this pair ranks #1,720,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rasch vs rascher
Shared letters: achrs. Private to "rasch": -. Private to "rascher": e.
"rasch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "rascher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasch" for "rascher" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "rasch" or "rascher" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rasch" and "rascher" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rascher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,720,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasch" and "rascher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rascher vs Rauscher". 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 #1,720,406 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.