rot

[ʁoːt]

/[ʁoːt]/ adj

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The verdict

“rot” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,020) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,020
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bunte Farbe, im Spektrum die langwelligste Farbe; eine der drei Grundfarben des digitalen RGB-Farbraums

Corpus desk

Index DE-rot · rot · German

rot · rank #1,020 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,020
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reich

Nearest frequency peer: Reich (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “rot”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “rot” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rot vs Rs
0% similar
rot vs RV
0% similar
rot vs RZ
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Wo “rot” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).rotliegt hier:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Reich“ (#1,019), „Samstag“ (#1,021), „Paris“ (#1,018). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for rot is neighbouring look-alikes ("Rs", "RV", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ʁoːt]. Frequency #1,020 among 2,984 “R” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

rot has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is rot, spelled R-O-T.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der rote Knopf ist für den Notfall.
  2. Heute machen wir also rote Strähnchen, ja?

Antonyms

schwarzweiß

This word in other languages

red(English)rojo(Español)rouge(Français)vermelho(Português)

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 "rot"?
"rot" is spelled R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁoːt].
What does "rot" mean?
As an adjective, "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. 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 "rot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hey#1,010geh#1,035Top#1,000Zug#1,067

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list