# road vs Rost

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### road
*noun · IPA [rəʊd] · frequency rank #7,385*
Straße

### Rost
*noun · IPA [ʁɔst] · frequency rank #14,913*
rötlich braunes Produkt der Korrosion von Eisen

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