Raab
The verdict
“Raab” is an uncommon French word, ranked #90,090 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #90,090
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Győr.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Raab |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Raab” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Raab is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #90,090 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Raab has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Raab, spelled R-A-A-B.
Definition
- 1Győr.
- 2Affluent du Danube traversant le Sud-Est de l'Autriche et la Hongrie occidentale.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Raab”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.