# Ru vs Ruhr

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ru
*abbrev · frequency rank #24,484*
Ruthenium

### Ruhr
*noun · IPA [ʁuːɐ̯] · frequency rank #7,804*
Infektionskrankheit des Darms

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ru-vs-ruhr