# Roa vs roach

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Roa
*name · frequency rank #42,385*
A surname.

### roach
*noun · IPA /ɹəʊtʃ/ · frequency rank #16,332*
Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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