raus
[ʁaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“raus” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #557
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-raus · raus · German
raus · rank #557 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #557
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH manchmal
Nearest frequency peer: manchmal (-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 “raus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hamburg
Hamburg
99,447 corpus weight
- jedem
jedem
99,446 corpus weight
- manchmal
manchmal
99,445 corpus weight
- raus
raus
99,444 corpus weight
- super
super
99,443 corpus weight
- t
t
99,442 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “raus” 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 | raus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʁaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around raus (IPA [ʁaʊ̯s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #557 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for raus, with forms such as "arus", "rasu", and "rauss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rs", "Ru", "Rum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is raus, spelled R-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Komm doch raus, die Sonne scheint!
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arus
- rasu
- rauss
- rraus
- ruas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raus - 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.
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 "raus", 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.