raservsRosesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: raser is a verb, Roses is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“raser” is a verb and “Roses” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,279
“raser” frequency rank
#41,428
“Roses” frequency rank
64707
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raser Roses
Definition barbieren, rasieren eine Fischerstadt an der Costa Brava (span. Name: Rosas)

Letter map: raser vs Roses

Shared letters muted; letters that set raser and Roses apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. raser and Roses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
raser
5 ch
Roses

Part-of-speech tell for raser / Roses

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raser is averb and Rosesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raser is recorded at frequency rank #23,279, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁa.ze]. Roses is at rank #41,428, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 64707, this pair ranks #632,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raser vs Roses

Shared letters: ers. Private to "raser": a. Private to "Roses": o.

"raser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Roses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raser ← arser · raesr · raserr · rasre · rasser · rraser · rsaer
  • Roses ← orses · roess · rosess · rosses · rroses · rsoes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "raser" and "Roses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raser" is a verb and "Roses" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "raser" or "Roses" show up more?
"raser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,279 in our German list, against #41,428 for "Roses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "raser" and "Roses". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Roses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #632,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raser" and "Roses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Roses". 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 #632,129 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