# root

> German word · Noun · IPA [ɹuːt] · frequency rank #22,485

## Definitions
1. Wurzel
2. (mathematisch) die Nullstelle

## Easily confused with
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rot)
- **ros** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-ros)
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rote)
- **ruft** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-ruft)
- **rosa** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rosa)
- **Rose** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rose)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-roth)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-ross)
- **ruht** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-ruht)
- **Rost** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rost)
- **rott** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rott)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-route)
- **roots** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-roots)
- **Rotor** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/root-vs-rotor)
- **Rat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rat-vs-root)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rio-vs-root)
- **ron** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ron-vs-root)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rob-vs-root)
- **roh** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/roh-vs-root)
- **roi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/roi-vs-root)

## Common misspellings (4)
`orot`, `roott`, `roto`, `rroot`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/root