gerodetvsgerolltTell them apart

Quick tell: gerodet is a verb, gerollt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gerodet” is a verb and “gerollt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,643
“gerodet” frequency rank
#27,320
“gerollt” frequency rank
71963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gerodet gerollt
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs roden mit mehrfachem, schnellem Wechsel zwischen Verengung/Verschluss und Öffnung verbunden, (was als „Rollen“ gedeutet wird)

Where the eye mixes gerodet and gerollt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gerodet (CVCVCVC) and gerollt (CVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
gerodet
7 ch
gerollt

Visual trap between gerodet and gerollt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gerodet is [ɡəˈʁoːdət] while gerollt is [ɡəˈʁɔlt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gerodet is recorded at frequency rank #44,643, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈʁoːdət]. gerollt is at rank #27,320, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɔlt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 71963, this pair ranks #401,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gerodet vs gerollt

Shared letters: egort. Private to "gerodet": d. Private to "gerollt": l.

"gerodet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "gerollt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gerodetegrodet · geordet · gerdoet · geroddet · gerodett · gerodte · geroedt · gerrodet
  • gerolltegrollt · georllt · gerlolt · gerolltt · gerolt · geroltl · gerrollt · ggerollt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gerodet" for "gerollt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gerodet" is a verb and "gerollt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gerodet" or "gerollt" show up more?
"gerollt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,320 in our German list, against #44,643 for "gerodet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "gerodet" and "gerollt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gerodet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gerollt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #401,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gerodet" and "gerollt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gebadet vs gerodet". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #401,736 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list