# riet vs root

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### riet
*verb · IPA [ʁiːt] · frequency rank #21,748*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs raten

### root
*noun · IPA [ɹuːt] · frequency rank #22,485*
Wurzel

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