RäumevsräumtWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Räume is a noun, räumt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Räume” is a noun and “räumt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,276
“Räume” frequency rank
#9,971
“räumt” frequency rank
13247
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Räume räumt
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Raum 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs räumen

Where the eye mixes Räume and räumt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Räume (CVVCV) and räumt (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Räume
5 ch
räumt

Why the eye confuses Räume with räumt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Räume is [ˈʁɔɪ̯mə] while räumt is [ʁɔɪ̯mt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “Räume” becomes t in “räumt”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Räume is recorded at frequency rank #3,276, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔɪ̯mə]. räumt is at rank #9,971, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁɔɪ̯mt].

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 13247, this pair ranks #1,959,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Räume vs räumt

Shared letters: mruä. Private to "Räume": e. Private to "räumt": t.

"Räume" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "räumt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Räume" and "räumt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Räume" is a noun and "räumt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Räume" vs "räumt" - which ranks higher?
"Räume" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,276 in our German list, against #9,971 for "räumt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Räume" and "räumt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Räume" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "räumt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,959,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Räume" and "räumt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rappt vs räumt". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,959,159 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