# roach vs roc

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### roc
*noun · IPA /ɹɒk/ · frequency rank #19,439*
An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roc