roll

[ʁɔl]

/[ʁɔl]/ verb

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The verdict

“roll” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,933) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,933
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen

Corpus desk

Index DE-roll · roll · German

roll · rank #8,933 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,933
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reines

Nearest frequency peer: reines (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “roll”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “roll” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

roll vs rot
50% similar
roll vs RTL
0% similar
roll vs ron
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for roll
PropertyValue
Headwordroll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁɔl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,933
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “roll” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).rollliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „reines“ (#8,932), „Räuber“ (#8,934), „Regal“ (#8,931). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for roll is neighbouring look-alikes ("rot", "RTL", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ʁɔl]. Frequency #8,933 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for roll, with forms such as "orll", "rlol", and "rol". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rot", "RTL", "ron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is roll, spelled R-O-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orll
  • rlol
  • rol
  • rroll

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roll - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

orll2rlol2rol1rroll1
Edit distance from "roll"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "roll"?
"roll" is spelled R-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɔl].
What does "roll" mean?
As a verb, "roll" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rollen
What words are commonly confused with "roll"?
"roll" is commonly confused with "rot", "RTL", "ron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roll" is [ʁɔl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roll" come from?
"roll" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "roll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pole#8,921take#8,953Trip#8,957vita#8,963

What to do next

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  • "roll" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rot". View pair
  • 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #8,933 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list