Rolli

[ˈʁɔli]

/[ˈʁɔli]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rolli” is uncommon German (frequency #56,479 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,479
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pullover mit Rollkragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-rolli · Rolli · German

Rolli · rank #56,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,479
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rockstars

Nearest frequency peer: Rockstars (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rolli“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rolli“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rolli
PropertyValue
HeadwordRolli
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɔli]
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,479
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rolli“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Rollifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rockstars“ (#56,478), „Rosario“ (#56,480), „Rituals“ (#56,477). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rolli“ bei #56,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rolli is uncommon German at frequency #56,479 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rolli, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rolli, spelled R-O-L-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pullover mit Rollkragen
  2. 2
    Person, die in einem Rollstuhl sitzt (und damit unterwegs ist)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rolli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Schwarze Hose, schwarzer Rolli, schwarzes Sakko, die schwarze Lockenpracht mit reichlich Gel gebändigt.“
  2. Vor dem Krankenhauseingang habe ich beinahe einen Rolli übersehen.

Synonyms

RollkragenpulloverRollstuhlfahrerRollifahrer

This word in other languages

polo neck(English)sous-pull(Français)

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 "Rolli"?
"Rolli" is spelled R-O-L-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔli].
What does "Rolli" mean?
As a noun, "Rolli" means: Pullover mit Rollkragen
How do you pronounce "Rolli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rolli" is [ˈʁɔli]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rolli" come from?
"Rolli" 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 "Rolli", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rotte#56,483rough#56,484probt#56,438Plank#56,429

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list