RassevsrausTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,342
“Rasse” frequency rank
#557
“raus” frequency rank
6899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rasse raus
Definition Untergruppe einer durch Zucht manipulierten Art mit willkürlich festgelegten gemeinsamen phänotypischen Merkmalen schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus

Where the eye mixes Rasse and raus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Rasse
4 ch
raus

Look-alike desk: Rasse vs raus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rasse is [ˈʁasə] while raus is [ʁaʊ̯s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rasse is recorded at frequency rank #6,342, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁasə]. 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 6899, this pair ranks #1,990,085 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Rasse vs raus

Shared letters: ars. Private to "Rasse": e. Private to "raus": u.

"Rasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "raus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rassearsse · rase · rases · raße · rrasse · rsase
  • rausarus · rasu · rauss · rraus · ruas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Rasse" for "raus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rasse" is a noun and "raus" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Rasse" vs "raus" - which ranks higher?
"raus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #557 in our German list, against #6,342 for "Rasse". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rasse" 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 #1,990,085 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rasse" and "raus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rasse vs russo". 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 #1,990,085 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