# rue vs ruft

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rue
*noun · IPA [ruː] · frequency rank #16,534*
Reue

### ruft
*verb · IPA [ʁuːft] · frequency rank #2,318*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rufen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rue-vs-ruft