RadesvsrohesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Rades is a noun, rohes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rades” is a noun and “rohes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,184
“Rades” frequency rank
#37,167
“rohes” frequency rank
86351
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rades rohes
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rad Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh

Where the eye mixes Rades and rohes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Rades and rohes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Rades
5 ch
rohes

Visual trap between Rades and rohes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rades is [ˈʁaːdəs] while rohes is [ˈʁoːəs]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rades is recorded at frequency rank #49,184, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaːdəs]. rohes is at rank #37,167, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːəs].

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 86351, this pair ranks #94,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Rades vs rohes

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Rades": ad. Private to "rohes": ho.

"Rades" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rades ← ardes · raddes · radess · radse · raeds · rdaes · rrades
  • rohes ← orhes · rhoes · roehs · rohess · rohhes · rohse · rrohes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Rades" and "rohes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rades" is a noun and "rohes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Rades" or "rohes" show up more?
"rohes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,167 in our German list, against #49,184 for "Rades". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rades" and "rohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rades vs Ramen". 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 #94,982 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