rausvsRuWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: raus is a adverb, Ru is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“raus” is an adverb and “Ru” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#557
“raus” frequency rank
#24,484
“Ru” frequency rank
25041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raus Ru
Definition schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus Ruthenium

Letter map: raus vs Ru

Shared letters muted; letters that set raus and Ru apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
raus
2 ch
Ru

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raus is anadverb and Ruanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raus is recorded at frequency rank #557, classified as anadv, pronounced [ʁaʊ̯s]. Ru is at rank #24,484, tagged as anabbrev.

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 25041, this pair ranks #1,839,012 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of raus vs Ru

Shared letters: ru. Private to "raus": as. Private to "Ru": -.

"raus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Ru" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rausarus · rasu · rauss · rraus · ruas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "raus" and "Ru" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raus" is an adverb and "Ru" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "raus" or "Ru"?
"raus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #557 in our German list, against #24,484 for "Ru". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list