RockvsroiTell them apart

Which to use

“Rock” and “roi” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,217
“Rock” frequency rank
#29,760
“roi” frequency rank
31977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rock roi
Definition unten offenes Kleidungsstück, das den Unterleib und (wenigstens teilweise) die Beine bedeckt (meist für Frauen) König

Letter map: Rock vs roi

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

4 ch
Rock
3 ch
roi

Pair insight - Rock / roi

Rock and roi are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rock is recorded at frequency rank #2,217, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁɔk]. 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 31977, this pair ranks #1,717,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Rock vs roi

Shared letters: or. Private to "Rock": ck. Private to "roi": i.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rockorck · rcok · rocck · rockk · rokc · rrock

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Rock" and "roi" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Rock" or "roi" show up more?
"Rock" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,217 in our German list, against #29,760 for "roi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Rock" and "roi".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rock" 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 #1,717,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rock" 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 #1,717,278 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