# trab vs trau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### trab
*verb · IPA [tʁaːp] · frequency rank #25,348*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs traben

### trau
*verb · IPA [tʁaʊ̯] · frequency rank #16,849*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trauen

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