# room vs Rost

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### room
*noun · IPA [ɹuːm] · frequency rank #13,002*
Raum, Zimmer

### Rost
*noun · IPA [ʁɔst] · frequency rank #14,913*
rötlich braunes Produkt der Korrosion von Eisen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/room-vs-rost