Which to use
“Roboter” is a noun and “roter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,733
- “Roboter” frequency rank
- #6,846
- “roter” frequency rank
- 11579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Roboter | roter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maschine, die autonom eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot |
Where the eye mixes Roboter and roter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Roboter vs roter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Roboter is [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ] while roter is [ˈʁoːtɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Roboter is recorded at frequency rank #4,733, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]. roter is at rank #6,846, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːtɐ].
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 11579, this pair ranks #1,969,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Roboter vs roter
Shared letters: eort. Private to "Roboter": b. Private to "roter": -.
"Roboter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "roter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Roboter" for "roter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Roboter" vs "roter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Roboter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Roboter" and "roter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roter vs Rotor". 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 #1,969,112 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.