Rose

/[ˈʁoːzə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,617

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Rose is aGermannoun. It means: stacheliger Zierstrauch aus der Familie der Rosengewächse Pronounced [ˈʁoːzə]. It ranks #3,617 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rs and rot.

Key facts for Rose
PropertyValue
HeadwordRose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁoːzə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,617
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rose is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,617 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rose, with forms such as "orse", "roes", and "rosse". 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, "Rs", "rot", "rue", 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 Rose, spelled R-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    stacheliger Zierstrauch aus der Familie der Rosengewächse
  2. 2
    stacheliger Zierstrauch aus der Familie der Rosengewächse
  3. 3
    stacheliger Zierstrauch aus der Familie der Rosengewächse
  4. 4
    nackte rote Stelle im Gesicht wilder Hähne
  5. 5
    der bleibende Teil an der Basis einer Hirschstange
  6. 6
    rundes Kirchenfenster
  7. 7
    kurz für die Wundrose (Erysipel)
  8. 8
    kurz für die Gürtelrose (Herpes Zoster)
  9. 9
    Tülle mit Sieb an der Gießkanne

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orse,roes,rosse,rrose,rsoe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rose

Misspelling Variants of "Rose"

orse4roes4rosse5rrose5rsoe4
Misspelling Variants of "Rose"

Frequency rank: #3,617 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rose"?
"Rose" is spelled R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːzə].
What does "Rose" mean?
As a noun, "Rose" means: stacheliger Zierstrauch aus der Familie der Rosengewächse
What words are commonly confused with "Rose"?
"Rose" is commonly confused with "Rs", "rot", "rue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rose" is [ˈʁoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rose" come from?
"Rose" 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.