# roman vs rota

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### roman
*adjective · IPA /ˈɹəʊmən/ · frequency rank #3,023*
Upright, as opposed to italic.

### rota
*noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊtə/ · frequency rank #41,860*
A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

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