Raureif
[ˈʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯f]
The verdict
“Raureif” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kristallförmiger, vereister Niederschlag an Pflanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-raureif · Raureif · German
Raureif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raureif |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯f] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Raureif“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Raureif is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯ˌʁaɪ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kristallförmiger, vereister Niederschlag an Pflanzen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Raureif, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Raureif, spelled R-A-U-R-E-I-F.
Definition
- 1kristallförmiger, vereister Niederschlag an Pflanzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Raureif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Phänomen der Entstehung von Raureif tritt vergleichsweise selten auf und wird oftmals mit Reif oder Raufrost verwechselt, für die es eine Art Zwischenstadium darstellt.“
„Eine besondere Form des Raureifs sind Eisblumen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.