# Ratte vs raue

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ratte
*noun · IPA [ˈʁatə] · frequency rank #16,809*
mausähnliches Nagetier

### raue
*adjective · IPA [ˈʁaʊ̯ə] · frequency rank #24,891*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ratte-vs-raue