rafting

[ˈɹɑːftɪŋ]

/[ˈɹɑːftɪŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“rafting” is uncommon German (frequency #85,727 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,727
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs raft

Corpus desk

Index DE-rafting · rafting · German

rafting · rank #85,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,727
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH races

Nearest frequency peer: races (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rafting“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rafting“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rafting
PropertyValue
Headwordrafting
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɹɑːftɪŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rafting“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).raftingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „races“ (#85,726), „Ragout“ (#85,728), „Quäker“ (#85,725). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rafting“ bei #85,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rafting is uncommon German at frequency #85,727 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɹɑːftɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs raft".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rafting, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rafting, spelled R-A-F-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs raft

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rafting"?
"rafting" is spelled R-A-F-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɹɑːftɪŋ].
What does "rafting" mean?
As a verb, "rafting" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs raft
How do you pronounce "rafting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rafting" is [ˈɹɑːftɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rafting" come from?
"rafting" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rafting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pyramid#85,721prellen#85,703resolut#85,759rosigen#85,772

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list