rot

/[ʁoːt]/ adj

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,020

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rot is anGermanadj. It means: eine bunte Farbe, im Spektrum die langwelligste Farbe; eine der drei Grundfarben des digitalen RGB-Farbraums Pronounced [ʁoːt]. It ranks #1,020 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rs and RV.

Key facts for rot
PropertyValue
Headwordrot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʁoːt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,020
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rot is 3 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁoːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,020 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for rot in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rs", "RV", "RZ", 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 rot, spelled R-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine bunte Farbe, im Spektrum die langwelligste Farbe; eine der drei Grundfarben des digitalen RGB-Farbraums
  2. 2
    eine rötliche (von mahagony bis orange) Farbe habend
  3. 3
    zum linken Spektrum gehörend, links stehend, links geordnet
  4. 4
    den Ureinwohnern Amerikas (insbesondere Nordamerikas; wegen des im Vergleich zu Europäern durchschnittlich höheren Melaninanteils in der Haut) zuzuordnen, Indianer seiend

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #1,020 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rot"?
"rot" is spelled R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁoːt].
What does "rot" mean?
As an adj, "rot" means: eine bunte Farbe, im Spektrum die langwelligste Farbe; eine der drei Grundfarben des digitalen RGB-Farbraums
What words are commonly confused with "rot"?
"rot" is commonly confused with "Rs", "RV", "RZ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rot" is [ʁoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rot" come from?
"rot" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.