Rasse

/[ˈʁasə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,342

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Rasse is aGermannoun. It means: Untergruppe einer durch Zucht manipulierten Art mit willkürlich festgelegten gemeinsamen phänotypischen Merkmalen Pronounced [ˈʁasə]. It ranks #6,342 in German word frequency. Often confused with RSS and raus.

Key facts for Rasse
PropertyValue
HeadwordRasse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁasə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,342
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Rasse in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rasse is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁasə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,342 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rasse, with forms such as "arsse", "rase", and "rases". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RSS", "raus", "Rose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Rasse, spelled R-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Untergruppe einer durch Zucht manipulierten Art mit willkürlich festgelegten gemeinsamen phänotypischen Merkmalen
  2. 2
    unscharfe Bezeichnung für unterschiedliche taxonomische Gruppen bei Menschen, Tieren und Pflanzen
  3. 3
    positiv ausgeprägte Qualitäten eines Individuums oder einer Sache

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arsse,rase,rases,raße,rrasse,rsase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rasse

Misspelling Variants of "Rasse"

arsse5rase4rases5raße4rrasse6rsase5
Misspelling Variants of "Rasse"

Frequency rank: #6,342 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rasse"?
"Rasse" is spelled R-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁasə].
What does "Rasse" mean?
As a noun, "Rasse" means: Untergruppe einer durch Zucht manipulierten Art mit willkürlich festgelegten gemeinsamen phänotypischen Merkmalen
What words are commonly confused with "Rasse"?
"Rasse" is commonly confused with "RSS", "raus", "Rose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rasse" is [ˈʁasə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rasse" come from?
"Rasse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.