Rolle

/[ˈʁɔlə]/ noun

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Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#606

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Rolle is aGermannoun. It means: drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel Pronounced [ˈʁɔlə]. It ranks #606 in German word frequency. Often confused with rote and Rose.

Key facts for Rolle
PropertyValue
HeadwordRolle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɔlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#606
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rolle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɔlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #606 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rolle, with forms such as "orlle", "rlole", and "rolel". 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, "rote", "Rose", "Rome", 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 Rolle, spelled R-O-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  2. 2
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  3. 3
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  4. 4
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  5. 5
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  6. 6
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  7. 7
    drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
  8. 8
    Figur in einem Drama oder der dazugehörige Text
  9. 9
    entscheidender oder einflussreicher Faktor, bedeutende Funktion
  10. 10
    Menge der Erwartungen an eine Person in einem System (zum Beispiel in der Gesellschaft, der Familie, dem Unternehmen)
  11. 11
    Übung beim Turnen, bei welcher der Körper um die eigene Quer- oder Längsachse gedreht wird
  12. 12
    schachtartige Verbindung von einer höher gelegenen Strecke zu einer daruntergelegenen, durch welche Material von oben nach unten geschüttet werden kann
  13. 13
    Kunstflugfigur, bei der das Flugzeug sich um die Längsachse dreht
  14. 14
    Eigenschaft, insbesondere Berechtigungen, eines Benutzers in der IT-Infrastruktur einer Firma (englisch user role ^(→ en))
  15. 15
    festgelegte Aufgabenverteilung der Besatzungsangehörigen eines Schiffes bei bestimmten Tätigkeiten (zum Beispiel Manöverrollen, Notrollen)

Synonyms

LaufrolleUmlenkrolleMangelWalzeSpulePurzelbaumBenutzerrolle

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orlle,rlole,rolel,rrolle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rolle

Misspelling Variants of "Rolle"

orlle5rlole5rolel5rrolle6
Misspelling Variants of "Rolle"

Frequency rank: #606 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rolle"?
"Rolle" is spelled R-O-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔlə].
What does "Rolle" mean?
As a noun, "Rolle" means: drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel
What words are commonly confused with "Rolle"?
"Rolle" is commonly confused with "rote", "Rose", "Rome". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rolle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rolle" is [ˈʁɔlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rolle" come from?
"Rolle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.