rochvsroiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: roch is a verb, roi is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“roch” is a verb and “roi” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,021
“roch” frequency rank
#29,760
“roi” frequency rank
48781
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roch roi
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs riechen König

Letter map: roch vs roi

Shared letters muted; letters that set roch and roi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
roch
3 ch
roi

Grammar separator: roch vs roi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roch is averb and roianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

roch is recorded at frequency rank #19,021, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁɔx]. roi is at rank #29,760, tagged as anoun, 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 48781, this pair ranks #1,235,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of roch vs roi

Shared letters: or. Private to "roch": ch. Private to "roi": i.

"roch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "roi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rochorch · rcoh · rocch · rochh · rohc · rroch

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "roch" for "roi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "roch" is a verb and "roi" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "roch" vs "roi" - which ranks higher?
"roch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,021 in our German list, against #29,760 for "roi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "roch" and "roi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "roch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,235,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "roch" and "roi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs roi". 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 #1,235,864 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list