Räuberbande
[ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐˌbandə]
The verdict
“Räuberbande” is uncommon German (frequency #97,621 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,621
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kriminelle Gruppe von Personen, die gemeinsam auf Raub aus sind
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Räuberbande |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐˌbandə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Räuberbande” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Räuberbande is uncommon German at frequency #97,621 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯bɐˌbandə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kriminelle Gruppe von Personen, die gemeinsam auf Raub aus sind".
Räuberbande has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Räuberbande, spelled R-Ä-U-B-E-R-B-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1kriminelle Gruppe von Personen, die gemeinsam auf Raub aus sind
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 “Räuberbande”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-Ä-U-B-E-R-B-A-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.