RollovsrollsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Rollo is a noun, rolls is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rollo” is a noun and “rolls” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,889
“Rollo” frequency rank
#22,120
“rolls” frequency rank
57009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rollo rolls
Definition innen an Fenstern oder Glastüren befestigter, aufrollbarer Licht- und/oder Sichtschutz 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs roll

Letter map: Rollo vs rolls

Shared letters muted; letters that set Rollo and rolls apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Rollo
5 ch
rolls

Grammar separator: Rollo vs rolls

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Rollo is anoun and rollsaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - o in “Rollo” becomes s in “rolls”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rollo is recorded at frequency rank #34,889, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔlo]. rolls is at rank #22,120, tagged as averb, 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 57009, this pair ranks #918,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Rollo vs rolls

Shared letters: lor. Private to "Rollo": -. Private to "rolls": s.

"Rollo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rolls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rolloorllo · rlolo · rolo · rolol · rrollo
  • rollsorlls · rlols · rollss · rols · rolsl · rrolls

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Rollo" for "rolls" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rollo" is a noun and "rolls" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Rollo" or "rolls" show up more?
"rolls" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,120 in our German list, against #34,889 for "Rollo". 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 "Rollo" and "rolls". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rollo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rolls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #918,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rollo" and "rolls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rofl vs Rollo". 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 #918,064 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