Which to use
“roden” is a verb and “rohen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,337
- “roden” frequency rank
- #31,759
- “rohen” frequency rank
- 66096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roden | rohen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | einen Wald durch Fällen der Bäume und Ausgraben der Wurzeln urbar machen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh |
Where the eye mixes roden and rohen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. roden and rohen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: roden vs rohen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: roden is [ˈʁoːdn̩] while rohen is [ˈʁoːən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “roden” becomes h in “rohen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roden is recorded at frequency rank #34,337, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁoːdn̩]. rohen is at rank #31,759, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːən].
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 66096, this pair ranks #584,723 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roden vs rohen
Shared letters: enor. Private to "roden": d. Private to "rohen": h.
"roden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rohen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "roden" and "rohen" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "roden" vs "rohen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rohen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #584,723 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roden" and "rohen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ramen vs roden". 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 #584,723 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.