Which to use
“roch” and “roll” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,021
- “roch” frequency rank
- #8,933
- “roll” frequency rank
- 27954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roch | roll |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs riechen | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen |
Where the eye mixes roch and roll
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: roch vs roll
A purely visual mix-up. roch ([ʁɔx]) and roll ([ʁɔl]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27954, 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]. roll is at rank #8,933, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁɔl].
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 27954, this pair ranks #1,793,057 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of roch vs roll
Shared letters: or. Private to "roch": ch. Private to "roll": l.
"roch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "roll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roch" for "roll" ever safe?
Which is more common, "roch" or "roll"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "roch" and "roll" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "roch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roll" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,793,057 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roch" and "roll" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roch vs rofl". 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 #1,793,057 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.