Raumfähre
[ˈʁaʊ̯mˌfɛːʁə]
The verdict
“Raumfähre” is uncommon German (frequency #85,734 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,734
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raumfahrzeug, das für den Transport von Personen und Gütern im erdnahen Bereich konzipiert wurde und im Gegensatz zu Raketen eine wiederholte Nutzung erlaubt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raumfähre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯mˌfɛːʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Raumfähre” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Raumfähre is uncommon German at frequency #85,734 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯mˌfɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raumfahrzeug, das für den Transport von Personen und Gütern im erdnahen Bereich konzipiert wurde und im Gegensatz zu Raketen eine wiederholte Nutzung erlaubt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Raumfähre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Raumfähre, spelled R-A-U-M-F-Ä-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1Raumfahrzeug, das für den Transport von Personen und Gütern im erdnahen Bereich konzipiert wurde und im Gegensatz zu Raketen eine wiederholte Nutzung erlaubt
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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 “Raumfähre”
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- The one correct German spelling is R-A-U-M-F-Ä-H-R-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.