# Rates vs Roses

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rates
*noun · IPA [ˈʁaːtəs] · frequency rank #9,075*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rat

### Roses
*name · IPA […] · frequency rank #41,428*
eine Fischerstadt an der Costa Brava (span. Name: Rosas)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rates-vs-roses