Raum
[ʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Raum” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #675
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - sich in drei Dimensionen erstreckende geometrische Größe
Corpus desk
Index DE-raum · Raum · German
Raum · rank #675 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #675
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Peter
Nearest frequency peer: Peter (-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 “Raum”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- P
P
99,329 corpus weight
- per
per
99,328 corpus weight
- Peter
Peter
99,327 corpus weight
- Raum
Raum
99,326 corpus weight
- spricht
spricht
99,325 corpus weight
- System
System
99,324 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Raum” 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 | Raum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Raum” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Raum (IPA [ʁaʊ̯m]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #675 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Raum, with forms such as "arum", "ramu", and "raumm". 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, "RM", "Ru", "Rum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Raum, spelled R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1sich in drei Dimensionen erstreckende geometrische Größe
- 2zum Aufenthalt oder für unterschiedliche Nutzung bestimmter, von allen Seiten umschlossener Bereich
- 3Bereich, der genutzt werden kann
- 4Gebiet ohne exakte Abgrenzung
- 5das All, das Universum
- 6Möglichkeit zu freier Entscheidung oder Bewegung, Spielraum
- 7eine mit einer Struktur versehene Menge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Raum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Würfel umfasst einen Raum von 10 Kubikmetern.
„Früher hat man geglaubt, wenn alle Dinge aus der Welt verschwinden, so bleiben noch Raum und Zeit übrig. Nach der Relativitätstheorie verschwinden aber Raum und Zeit mit den Dingen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arum
- ramu
- raumm
- rraum
- ruam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Raum - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Raum", 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).
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.