RäubervsRouterTell them apart

Which to use

“Räuber” and “Router” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,934
“Räuber” frequency rank
#9,799
“Router” frequency rank
18733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Räuber Router
Definition Person, die einer anderen Person rechtswidrig und unter Androhung oder auch Anwendung von Gewalt etwas wegnimmt Gerät, welches mehrere Netzwerke verbinden oder trennen kann

Where the eye mixes Räuber and Router

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Räuber
6 ch
Router

Look-alike desk: Räuber vs Router

A purely visual mix-up. Räuber ([ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐ]) and Router ([ˈʁuːtɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Räuber is recorded at frequency rank #8,934, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐ]. Router is at rank #9,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁuːtɐ].

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 18733, this pair ranks #1,915,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Räuber vs Router

Shared letters: eru. Private to "Räuber": . Private to "Router": ot.

"Räuber" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Router" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Routeroruter · rotuer · rouetr · routerr · routre · routter · rrouter · ruoter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Räuber" and "Router" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐ] versus [ˈʁuːtɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Räuber" or "Router"?
"Räuber" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,934 in our German list, against #9,799 for "Router". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Räuber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Router" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,915,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Räuber" and "Router" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Räuber vs raunen". 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 #1,915,427 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