rote

/[ˈʁoːtə]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,901

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rote is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot Pronounced [ˈʁoːtə]. It ranks #1,901 in German word frequency. Often confused with RTL and rue.

Key facts for rote
PropertyValue
Headwordrote
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʁoːtə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,901
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rote is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,901 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for rote, with forms such as "roet", "rotte", and "rrote". 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, "RTL", "rue", "RTS", 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 rote, spelled R-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs rot
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs rot

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: roet,rotte,rrote,rtoe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rote

Misspelling Variants of "rote"

roet4rotte5rrote5rtoe4
Misspelling Variants of "rote"

Frequency rank: #1,901 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rote"?
"rote" is spelled R-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːtə].
What does "rote" mean?
As an adj, "rote" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs rot
What words are commonly confused with "rote"?
"rote" is commonly confused with "RTL", "rue", "RTS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rote" is [ˈʁoːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rote" come from?
"rote" 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

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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.