# roch vs root

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### roch
*verb · IPA [ʁɔx] · frequency rank #19,021*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs riechen

### root
*noun · IPA [ɹuːt] · frequency rank #22,485*
Wurzel

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