rotes

/[ˈʁoːtəs]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,617

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rotes is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot Pronounced [ˈʁoːtəs]. It ranks #9,617 in German word frequency. Often confused with RTS and Roth.

Key facts for rotes
PropertyValue
Headwordrotes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʁoːtəs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,617
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rotes is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːtəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,617 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for rotes, with forms such as "roets", "rotess", and "rotse". 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, "RTS", "Roth", "rott", 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 rotes, spelled R-O-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs rot

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: roets,rotess,rotse,rottes,rrotes,rtoes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rotes

Misspelling Variants of "rotes"

roets5rotess6rotse5rottes6rrotes6rtoes5
Misspelling Variants of "rotes"

Frequency rank: #9,617 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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