Roller

/[ˈʁɔlɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,770

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Roller is aGermannoun. It means: Kurzform für Motorroller Pronounced [ˈʁɔlɐ]. It ranks #8,770 in German word frequency. Often confused with Römer and roter.

Key facts for Roller
PropertyValue
HeadwordRoller
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɔlɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,770
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Roller is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɔlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,770 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Roller, with forms such as "orller", "rloler", and "rolelr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Römer", "roter", "rollt", 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 Roller, spelled R-O-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kurzform für Motorroller
  2. 2
    muskelgetriebenes, zweirädriges Fahrzeug, das auf einem Trittbrett stehend benutzt wird
  3. 3
    Kurzform für Harzer Roller
  4. 4
    ein Rollsprung
  5. 5
    ein Schuss, der den Ball nur rollen lässt
  6. 6
    eine lange und hohe Welle in schwerer Brandung
  7. 7
    ein niedriges Transportgerät mit schwenkbaren Rollen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orller,rloler,rolelr,roler,rollerr,rollre,rroller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Roller

Misspelling Variants of "Roller"

orller6rloler6rolelr6roler5rollerr7rollre6rroller7
Misspelling Variants of "Roller"

Frequency rank: #8,770 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Roller"?
"Roller" is spelled R-O-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔlɐ].
What does "Roller" mean?
As a noun, "Roller" means: Kurzform für Motorroller
What words are commonly confused with "Roller"?
"Roller" is commonly confused with "Römer", "roter", "rollt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Roller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Roller" is [ˈʁɔlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Roller" come from?
"Roller" 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.