wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer

[voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ]

/[voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ]/ phrase

The verdict

“wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
28
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — etwas kann auf seine Ursache zurückgeführt werden

Key facts for wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer
PropertyValue
Headwordwo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ]
Letters28
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer” sits in German frequency

wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer is 28 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas kann auf seine Ursache zurückgeführt werden".

No misspelling variants are generated for wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer, spelled W-O- -R-A-U-C-H- -I-S-T-,- -I-S-T- -A-U-C-H- -F-E-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas kann auf seine Ursache zurückgeführt werden

Synonyms

kein Rauch ohne Feuer

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer"?
"wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" is spelled W-O- -R-A-U-C-H- -I-S-T-,- -I-S-T- -A-U-C-H- -F-E-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ].
What does "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" mean?
As a phrase, "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" means: etwas kann auf seine Ursache zurückgeführt werden
How do you pronounce "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" is [voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" come from?
"wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is W-O- -R-A-U-C-H- -I-S-T-,- -I-S-T- -A-U-C-H- -F-E-U-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [voː ˈʁaʊ̯x ʔɪst || ʔɪst ʔaʊ̯x ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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