# Rost vs RTS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### RTS
*abbrev · frequency rank #42,773*
Real Time Strategy (Echtzeitstrategie)

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