Which to use
“rasch” is an adjective and “Rauch” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,916
- “rasch” frequency rank
- #5,110
- “Rauch” frequency rank
- 9026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasch | Rauch |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | durch thermische Verbrennung entstehende Gase, Dämpfe und Partikel (als Schwebeteilchen in der Luft) |
Where the eye mixes rasch and Rauch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rasch vs Rauch
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rasch is [ʁaʃ] while Rauch is [ʁaʊ̯x]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “rasch” becomes u in “Rauch”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9026, 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]. Rauch is at rank #5,110, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁaʊ̯x].
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 9026, this pair ranks #1,981,761 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rasch vs Rauch
Shared letters: achr. Private to "rasch": s. Private to "Rauch": u.
"rasch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Rauch" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rasch" for "Rauch" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "rasch" or "Rauch" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rasch" and "Rauch" 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 "Rauch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,981,761 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasch" and "Rauch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rack vs Rauch". 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 #1,981,761 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.