Rauschen
[ˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]
The verdict
“Rauschen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,675
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unregelmäßiges akustisches Signal aus unendlich vielen Teilschwingungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rauschen · Rauschen · German
Rauschen · rank #13,675 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,675
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rannte
Nearest frequency peer: rannte (-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 “Rauschen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Provokation
Provokation
86,329 corpus weight
- Präsidium
Präsidium
86,328 corpus weight
- rannte
rannte
86,327 corpus weight
- Rauschen
Rauschen
86,326 corpus weight
- Realismus
Realismus
86,325 corpus weight
- Rechtslage
Rechtslage
86,324 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rauschen” 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 | Rauschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rauschen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rauschen (IPA [ˈʁaʊ̯ʃn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,675 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unregelmäßiges akustisches Signal aus unendlich vielen Teilschwingungen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rauschen, with forms such as "aruschen", "rasuchen", and "raucshen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "rauscht", "rutschen", "Rauscher", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rauschen, spelled R-A-U-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1unregelmäßiges akustisches Signal aus unendlich vielen Teilschwingungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rauschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Rauschen des Meeres kann sehr beruhigend sein.
„Sie blieb noch eine Weile liegen und lauschte dem Rauschen vor dem Fenster, während sie auf die weiße Decke der Wohnung starrte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aruschen
- rasuchen
- raucshen
- rauscchen
- rauscehn
- rauschenn
- rauschhen
- rauschne
- raushcen
- rausschen
- rrauschen
- ruaschen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rauschen - 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 3, 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 "Rauschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Rauschen". Here's where to go from here.
- "Rauschen" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rauscht". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,675 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.