roivsrottWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: roi is a noun, rott is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#29,760
“roi” frequency rank
#30,266
“rott” frequency rank
60026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roi rott
Definition König im Verfall/in Zersetzung begriffen

Letter map: roi vs rott

Shared letters muted; letters that set roi and rott apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
roi
4 ch
rott

Grammar separator: roi vs rott

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roi is anoun and rottanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

roi is recorded at frequency rank #29,760, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. rott is at rank #30,266, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁɔt].

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 60026, this pair ranks #802,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of roi vs rott

Shared letters: or. Private to "roi": i. Private to "rott": t.

"roi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "rott" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rottortt · rrott · rtot

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "roi" for "rott" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "roi" is a noun and "rott" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "roi" vs "rott" - which ranks higher?
"roi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,760 in our German list, against #30,266 for "rott". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "roi" and "rott". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "roi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rott" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #802,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "roi" and "rott" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs roi". 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 #802,382 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