Which to use
“road” is a noun and “rob” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,385
- “road” frequency rank
- #11,958
- “rob” frequency rank
- 19343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | road | rob |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Straße | einer Person oder einer Institution (Bank, Laden) unerlaubt und meist gewaltsam Geld oder Eigentum wegnehmen: berauben |
Letter map: road vs rob
Shared letters muted; letters that set road and rob apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - road and rob
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: road is anoun and robaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
road is recorded at frequency rank #7,385, classified as anoun, pronounced [rəʊd]. rob is at rank #11,958, tagged as averb, 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 19343, this pair ranks #1,909,355 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of road vs rob
Shared letters: or. Private to "road": ad. Private to "rob": b.
"road" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "rob" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- road ← orad · raod · roadd · roda · rroad
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "road" and "rob" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "road" vs "rob" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "road" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rob" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,909,355 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "road" and "rob" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rob". 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 #1,909,355 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.