# root vs rott

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### root
*noun · IPA [ɹuːt] · frequency rank #22,485*
Wurzel

### rott
*adjective · IPA [ʁɔt] · frequency rank #30,266*
im Verfall/in Zersetzung begriffen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rott