# Rhodes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹəʊdz/ · frequency rank #11,452

## Definitions
1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
2. A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

## Etymology
From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).

## Easily confused with
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rode)
- **rods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rods)
- **roles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-roles)
- **rides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rides)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-roses)
- **ropes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-ropes)
- **rodeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rodeo)
- **robes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-robes)
- **Rhone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rhone)
- **Rhodesia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rhodesia)
- **Rhode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhode-vs-rhodes)
- **Rhoda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhoda-vs-rhodes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hrodes`, `rhdoes`, `rhhodes`, `rhoddes`, `rhodess`, `rhodse`, `rhoeds`, `rohdes`, `rrhodes`

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