Raub
[ʁaʊ̯p]
The verdict
“Raub” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,348 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,348
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das gewaltsame Wegnehmen; das Rauben
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raub |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaʊ̯p] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Raub” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Raub is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁaʊ̯p]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,348 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Raub, with forms such as "arub", "rabu", and "raubb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rb", "Ru", "Rum", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Raub, spelled R-A-U-B.
Definition
- 1das gewaltsame Wegnehmen; das Rauben
- 2die Wegnahme einer fremden beweglichen Sache durch Gewalt gegen eine Person oder unter Androhung einer gegenwärtigen Gefahr für Leib und Leben mit der Absicht, die Sache sich oder einem Dritten rechtswidrig zuzueignen (§ 249 StGB in Deutschland)
- 3das geraubte Gut, die Beute
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arub,rabu,raubb,rraub,ruab
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Raub - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Raub”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-U-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁaʊ̯p] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rb” - see the side-by-side comparison. Raub vs Rb
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.