Which to use
“rose” and “row” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,614
- “rose” frequency rank
- #2,498
- “row” frequency rank
- 4112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rose | row |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc. |
Where the eye mixes rose and row
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. rose (/ɹəʊz/) and row (/ˈɹəʊ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rose is recorded at frequency rank #1,614, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹəʊz/. row is at rank #2,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹəʊ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 4112, this pair ranks #519,961 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rose vs row
Shared letters: or. Private to "rose": es. Private to "row": w.
"rose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "row" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rose ← orse · roes · rosse · rrose · rsoe