# Ross vs rott

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ross
*noun · IPA [ʁɔs] · frequency rank #6,586*
edles Pferd, besonders zum Reiten

### 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/ross-vs-rott