Which to use
“rolls” is a verb and “rotes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,120
- “rolls” frequency rank
- #9,617
- “rotes” frequency rank
- 31737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rolls | rotes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs roll | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot |
Letter map: rolls vs rotes
Shared letters muted; letters that set rolls and rotes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for rolls / rotes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rolls is averb and rotesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rolls is recorded at frequency rank #22,120, classified as averb, pronounced […]. rotes is at rank #9,617, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːtəs].
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 31737, this pair ranks #1,722,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rolls vs rotes
Shared letters: ors. Private to "rolls": l. Private to "rotes": et.
"rolls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "rotes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rolls" for "rotes" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "rolls" or "rotes" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rolls" and "rotes".
- Full dictionary entry for "rolls" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,722,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rolls" and "rotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rolls". 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 #1,722,126 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.