rogersvsrotesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rogers is a verb, rotes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rogers” is a verb and “rotes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,676
“rogers” frequency rank
#9,617
“rotes” frequency rank
28293
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogers rotes
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs roger Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot

Letter map: rogers vs rotes

Shared letters muted; letters that set rogers and rotes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
rogers
5 ch
rotes

Grammar separator: rogers vs rotes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rogers is averb and rotesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rogers is recorded at frequency rank #18,676, classified as averb, pronounced […]. rotes is at rank #9,617, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːtəs].

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 28293, this pair ranks #1,787,357 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rogers vs rotes

Shared letters: eors. Private to "rogers": g. Private to "rotes": t.

"rogers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "rotes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogersorgers · rgoers · roegrs · rogerrs · rogerss · rogesr · roggers · rogres
  • rotesroets · rotess · rotse · rottes · rrotes · rtoes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rogers" for "rotes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rogers" is a verb and "rotes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rogers" vs "rotes" - which ranks higher?
"rotes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,617 in our German list, against #18,676 for "rogers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "rogers" and "rotes". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rogers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,787,357 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogers" and "rotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rogers". 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 #1,787,357 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