rohesvsroleTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#37,167
“rohes” frequency rank
#35,998
“role” frequency rank
73165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rohes role
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh die Rolle

Letter map: rohes vs role

Shared letters muted; letters that set rohes and role apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rohes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against role's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
rohes
4 ch
role

Part-of-speech tell for rohes / role

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rohes is anadjective and roleanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rohes is recorded at frequency rank #37,167, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːəs]. role is at rank #35,998, 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 73165, this pair ranks #367,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rohes vs role

Shared letters: eor. Private to "rohes": hs. Private to "role": l.

"rohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "role" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rohes ← orhes · rhoes · roehs · rohess · rohhes · rohse · rrohes
  • role ← orle · rloe · roel · rrole

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rohes" and "role" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rohes" is an adjective and "role" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rohes" or "role"?
"role" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,998 in our German list, against #37,167 for "rohes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "rohes" vs "role" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rohes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "role" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #367,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rohes" and "role" 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 #367,958 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