Rab
[ʁaːp]
The verdict
“Rab” is uncommon German (frequency #63,677 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,677
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kroatische Insel in der Adria
Corpus desk
Index DE-rab · Rab · German
Rab · rank #63,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,677
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rasa
Nearest frequency peer: rasa (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- päpstlicher
päpstlicher
36,328 corpus weight
- Querdenker
Querdenker
36,327 corpus weight
- Quickie
Quickie
36,326 corpus weight
- Rab
Rab
36,324 corpus weight
- rasa
rasa
36,323 corpus weight
- Rasenfläche
Rasenfläche
36,322 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rab” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʁaːp] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rab” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Rab is uncommon German at frequency #63,677 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʁaːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rab, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Rab, spelled R-A-B.
Definition
- 1kroatische Insel in der Adria
- 2Hafenstadt auf der Insel Rab
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rab hat mehr als 300 Quellen, von denen einige auch zur Trinkwasserversorgung genutzt werden.“
„Unter den venezianischen Herrschern war Rab eine wichtige Hafenstadt und ein bedeutsames Zentrum.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Data Source
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