roguevsshopsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rogue is a adjective, shops is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rogue” is an adjective and “shops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,338
“rogue” frequency rank
#11,970
“shops” frequency rank
46308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogue shops
Definition allein und bösartig: einzelgängerisch, aggressiv Plural des Substantivs shop

Letter map: rogue vs shops

Shared letters muted; letters that set rogue and shops apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. rogue (CVCVV) and shops (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
rogue
5 ch
shops

Role in the sentence - rogue and shops

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rogue is anadjective and shopsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rogue is recorded at frequency rank #34,338, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. shops is at rank #11,970, 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 46308, this pair ranks #1,323,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rogue vs shops

Shared letters: o. Private to "rogue": egru. Private to "shops": hps.

"rogue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "shops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogueorgue · rgoue · rogeu · roggue · rrogue
  • shopshsops · shhops · shopps · shopss · shosp · shpos · sohps · sshops

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rogue" and "shops" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rogue" is an adjective and "shops" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "rogue" or "shops" show up more?
"shops" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,970 in our German list, against #34,338 for "rogue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rogue" and "shops".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rogue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "shops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,323,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogue" and "shops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rogue". 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 #1,323,613 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