raue

Name: raue, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʁaʊ̯ə]

/[ˈʁaʊ̯ə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“raue” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,891) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,891
frequency rank, German: 2,984
“R” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau

Corpus desk

Index DE-raue · raue · German

raue · rank #24,891 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #24,891
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-MID 2,984
PHOTO-FINISH raubt

Nearest frequency peer: raubt (-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.

raid

75,113
Rangers

75,112
raubt

75,111
raue

75,110
Receiver

75,109
rechtens

75,108

What this shows Balken platzieren „raue“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raue vs re

50% similar

raue vs Ru

25% similar

raue vs Rum

25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raue
Property	Value
Headword	raue
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʁaʊ̯ə]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#24,891
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „raue“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).raueliegt auf dieser Marke:

#24,891

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „raubt“ (#24,890), „Receiver“ (#24,892), „Rangers“ (#24,889). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „raue“ bei #24,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for raue is neighbouring look-alikes ("re", "Ru", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈʁaʊ̯ə]. Frequency #24,891 among 2,984 “R” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for raue, with forms such as "arue", "raeu", and "rraue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "Ru", "Rum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is raue, spelled R-A-U-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arue
raeu
rraue
ruae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "raue"

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 "raue"?

"raue" is spelled R-A-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁaʊ̯ə].

What does "raue" mean?

As an adjective, "raue" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rau

What words are commonly confused with "raue"?

"raue" is commonly confused with "re", "Ru", "Rum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "raue"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raue" is [ˈʁaʊ̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "raue" come from?

"raue" 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 "raue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

raid#24,888 pump#24,885 Pose#24,877 popp#24,875