Rothe

/[ˈʁoːtə]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,265

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Rothe is aGermanname. It means: Ortsteil der Stadt Beverungen, bis 1969 selbstständige Gemeinde Pronounced [ˈʁoːtə]. Often confused with Ruhe and Ruth.

Key facts for Rothe
PropertyValue
HeadwordRothe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈʁoːtə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,265
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rothe is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁoːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,265 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ortsteil der Stadt Beverungen, bis 1969 selbstständige Gemeinde".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rothe, with forms such as "orthe", "rohte", and "roteh". 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, "Ruhe", "Ruth", "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 Rothe, spelled R-O-T-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ortsteil der Stadt Beverungen, bis 1969 selbstständige Gemeinde

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orthe,rohte,roteh,rothhe,rotthe,rrothe,rtohe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rothe

Misspelling Variants of "Rothe"

orthe5rohte5roteh5rothhe6rotthe6rrothe6rtohe5
Misspelling Variants of "Rothe"

Frequency rank: #30,265 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rothe"?
"Rothe" is spelled R-O-T-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːtə].
What does "Rothe" mean?
As a name, "Rothe" means: Ortsteil der Stadt Beverungen, bis 1969 selbstständige Gemeinde
What words are commonly confused with "Rothe"?
"Rothe" is commonly confused with "Ruhe", "Ruth", "rott". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rothe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rothe" is [ˈʁoːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rothe" come from?
"Rothe" 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.