# roach

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹəʊtʃ/ · frequency rank #16,332

## Definitions
1. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
2. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
3. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

## Etymology
From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”).
Cognate with Old English ruhha ("a ray"; > Middle English rouhe, rohȝe), German Rochen (“ray (fish)”).

## Easily confused with
- **roc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roc)
- **Roh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roh)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-road)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-rock)
- **roar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roar)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roth)
- **roam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roam)
- **ROTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-rotc)
- **Roan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roan)
- **roads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roads)
- **rough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-rough)
- **roast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roast)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-royce)
- **roche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roche)
- **Rocco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-rocco)
- **roars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roach-vs-roars)
- **rah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rah-vs-roach)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-roach)
- **race** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/race-vs-roach)
- **rich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-roach)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orach`, `raoch`, `roacch`, `roachh`, `roahc`, `rocah`, `rroach`

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