rohesvsRosenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,167
“rohes” frequency rank
#6,000
“Rosen” frequency rank
43167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rohes Rosen
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rose

Where the eye mixes rohes and Rosen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rohes and Rosen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
rohes
5 ch
Rosen

Look-alike desk: rohes vs Rosen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rohes is [ˈʁoːəs] while Rosen is [ˈʁoːzn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43167, 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]. Rosen is at rank #6,000, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁoːzn̩].

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 43167, this pair ranks #1,426,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rohes vs Rosen

Shared letters: eors. Private to "rohes": h. Private to "Rosen": n.

"rohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Rosen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rohes ← orhes · rhoes · roehs · rohess · rohhes · rohse · rrohes
  • Rosen ← orsen · roesn · rosenn · rosne · rossen · rrosen · rsoen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rohes" and "Rosen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rohes" is an adjective and "Rosen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rohes" or "Rosen"?
"Rosen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,000 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rohes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rosen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,426,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rohes" and "Rosen" 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 #1,426,568 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