# Roggen vs rotten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Roggen
*noun · IPA [ˈʁɔɡn̩] · frequency rank #32,241*
langstielige Getreideart mit relativ langen Ähren und Grannen

### rotten
*verb · IPA [ˈʁɔtn̩] · frequency rank #34,340*
faulen, verfallen

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