Which to use
“roden” is a verb and “rohes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,337
- “roden” frequency rank
- #37,167
- “rohes” frequency rank
- 71504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roden | rohes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | einen Wald durch Fällen der Bäume und Ausgraben der Wurzeln urbar machen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh |
Where the eye mixes roden and rohes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. roden and rohes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between roden and rohes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: roden is [ˈʁoːdn̩] while rohes is [ˈʁoːəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71504, 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]. rohes is at rank #37,167, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːəs].
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 71504, this pair ranks #414,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roden vs rohes
Shared letters: eor. Private to "roden": dn. Private to "rohes": hs.
"roden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "roden" and "rohes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "roden" or "rohes"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "roden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roden" and "rohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rades vs rohes". 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 #414,846 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.