raue vs RegE, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“raue” is an adjective and “RegE” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,891
“raue” frequency rank: #11,736
“RegE” frequency rank: 36627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	raue	RegE
Definition	Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau	Abkürzung für Regierungsentwurf

Letter map: raue vs RegE

Shared letters muted; letters that set raue and RegE apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

raue

4 ch

RegE

Grammar separator: raue vs RegE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raue is anadjective and RegEanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raue is recorded at frequency rank #24,891, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaʊ̯ə]. RegE is at rank #11,736, 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 36627, this pair ranks #1,610,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of raue vs RegE

Shared letters: er. Private to "raue": au. Private to "RegE": g.

"raue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "RegE" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

raue ← arue · raeu · rraue · ruae
RegE ← erge · reeg · regge · rgee · rrege

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "raue" for "RegE" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raue" is an adjective and "RegE" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "raue" or "RegE"?

"RegE" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,736 in our German list, against #24,891 for "raue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "raue" and "RegE". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "raue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "RegE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,610,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"raue" and "RegE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raue vs RUB". 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 #1,610,750 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.