roden

/[ˈʁoːdn̩]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,337

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

roden is aGermanverb. It means: einen Wald durch Fällen der Bäume und Ausgraben der Wurzeln urbar machen Pronounced [ˈʁoːdn̩]. Often confused with ron and rote.

Key facts for roden
PropertyValue
Headwordroden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁoːdn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,337
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of roden in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for roden is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːdn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,337 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for roden, with forms such as "rdoen", "rodden", and "rodenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ron", "rote", "Rose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is roden, spelled R-O-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Wald durch Fällen der Bäume und Ausgraben der Wurzeln urbar machen
  2. 2
    einen Baum fällen und seinen Stumpf ausgraben
  3. 3
    einen Weinberg tief umgraben
  4. 4
    die reifen Früchte von Nutzpflanzen aus dem Erdboden holen

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rdoen,rodden,rodenn,rodne,roedn,rroden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for roden

Misspelling Variants of "roden"

rdoen5rodden6rodenn6rodne5roedn5rroden6
Misspelling Variants of "roden"

Frequency rank: #34,337 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "roden"?
"roden" is spelled R-O-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːdn̩].
What does "roden" mean?
As a verb, "roden" means: einen Wald durch Fällen der Bäume und Ausgraben der Wurzeln urbar machen
What words are commonly confused with "roden"?
"roden" is commonly confused with "ron", "rote", "Rose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roden" is [ˈʁoːdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roden" come from?
"roden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.