# Roa vs Ross

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Ross
*name · IPA /ɹɔs/ · frequency rank #3,722*
An English and Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from any of several places of that name, from Scottish Gaelic ros (“headland”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-ross