roc
[ʁɔk]
The verdict
“roc” is uncommon German (frequency #60,011 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,011
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fels, Felsen, Steinmasse
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁɔk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roc” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
roc is uncommon German at frequency #60,011 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fels, Felsen, Steinmasse".
roc doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is roc, spelled R-O-C.
Definition
- 1Fels, Felsen, Steinmasse
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “roc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁɔk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.