Roß
[ʁoːs]
The verdict
“Roß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bienenwabe, mit und ohne Honig
Corpus desk
Index DE-ro · Roß · German
Roß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Roß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁoːs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Roß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Roß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁoːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bienenwabe, mit und ohne Honig".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Roß in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Roß, spelled R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1Bienenwabe, mit und ohne Honig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Roß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Honigseimen, Heisset das Honig von dem Gewürcke, (Roß, Waben).“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.