rauf
[ʁaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“rauf” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,157. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,157
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach oben, hin zum Sprecher
Corpus desk
Index DE-rauf · rauf · German
rauf · rank #10,157 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,157
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Ratschläge
Nearest frequency peer: Ratschläge (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rauf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pulver
Pulver
89,847 corpus weight
- pädagogisch…
pädagogischen
89,846 corpus weight
- Ratschläge
Ratschläge
89,845 corpus weight
- rauf
rauf
89,844 corpus weight
- revue
revue
89,843 corpus weight
- Rollstuhl
Rollstuhl
89,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rauf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʁaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “rauf” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rauf (IPA [ʁaʊ̯f]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #10,157 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rauf, with forms such as "aruf", "rafu", and "rauff". 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, "Ru", "Rf", "Rum", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is rauf, spelled R-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1nach oben, hin zum Sprecher
- 2nach oben, weg vom Sprecher
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Komm endlich rauf zu uns!
Er ist schon rauf zum Schlafen gegangen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aruf
- rafu
- rauff
- rrauf
- ruaf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rauf - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rauf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rauf". Here's where to go from here.
- "rauf" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ru". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,157 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.