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Which to use

“rogue” and “terra” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,338
“rogue” frequency rank
#16,564
“terra” frequency rank
50902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogue terra
Definition allein und bösartig: einzelgängerisch, aggressiv Erd-

Letter map: rogue vs terra

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

5 ch
rogue
5 ch
terra

Pair insight - rogue / terra

rogue and terra are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rogue is recorded at frequency rank #34,338, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. terra is at rank #16,564, tagged as anadj, 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 50902, this pair ranks #1,155,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rogue vs terra

Shared letters: er. Private to "rogue": gou. Private to "terra": at.

"rogue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "terra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogueorgue · rgoue · rogeu · roggue · rrogue
  • terraetrra · tera · terar · trera · tterra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rogue" for "terra" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "rogue" or "terra" show up more?
"terra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,564 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.

After this comparison

Pair "rogue" vs "terra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rogue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,155,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogue" and "terra" 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 #1,155,982 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