RaubvsrbbWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Raub is a noun, rbb is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Raub” is a noun and “rbb” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,348
“Raub” frequency rank
#17,391
“rbb” frequency rank
27739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Raub rbb
Definition das gewaltsame Wegnehmen; das Rauben Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Letter map: Raub vs rbb

Shared letters muted; letters that set Raub and rbb apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Raub
3 ch
rbb

Role in the sentence - Raub and rbb

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Raub is anoun and rbbanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Raub is recorded at frequency rank #10,348, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁaʊ̯p]. rbb is at rank #17,391, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 27739, this pair ranks #1,796,676 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Raub vs rbb

Shared letters: br. Private to "Raub": au. Private to "rbb": -.

"Raub" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "rbb" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Raubarub · rabu · raubb · rraub · ruab

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Raub" and "rbb" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Raub" is a noun and "rbb" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Raub" or "rbb" show up more?
"Raub" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,348 in our German list, against #17,391 for "rbb". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Raub" and "rbb". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Raub" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rbb" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,796,676 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Raub" and "rbb" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rbb". 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 #1,796,676 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