roster
[ˈrɒstəʳ]
The verdict
“roster” is uncommon German (frequency #84,489 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,489
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Liste, der Plan, der Dienstplan
Corpus desk
Index DE-roster · roster · German
roster · rank #84,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,489
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rossa
Nearest frequency peer: rossa (-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 „roster“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rodungen
Rodungen
15,517 corpus weight
- Romanfigur
Romanfigur
15,516 corpus weight
- rosaroten
rosaroten
15,515 corpus weight
- rossa
rossa
15,513 corpus weight
- roster
roster
15,512 corpus weight
- Rotlichtvie…
Rotlichtviertel
15,511 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „roster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrɒstəʳ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „roster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
roster is uncommon German at frequency #84,489 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrɒstəʳ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Liste, der Plan, der Dienstplan".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roster, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is roster, spelled R-O-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1die Liste, der Plan, der Dienstplan
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.
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