# rail vs roll

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rail
*noun · IPA [reɪl] · frequency rank #31,232*
die Bahn (Eisenbahn)

### roll
*verb · IPA [ʁɔl] · frequency rank #8,933*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rail-vs-roll