# roasted vs rooster

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### roasted
*adjective · IPA /ˈɹoʊstɪd/ · frequency rank #10,759*
Cooked by roasting.

### rooster
*noun · IPA /ˈɹuːstə/ · frequency rank #19,441*
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

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