roofs
/ɹuːvz/
"roofs" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roofs” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,413 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,413
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of roof
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roofs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹuːvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roofs” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for roofs is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹuːvz/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,413 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of roof".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for roofs, with forms such as "orofs", "rofos", and "rofs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ROS", "room", "root", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rofes, equivalent to roof + -s without voicing, first appearing in print in the 14th century. Displaced rooves as the standard plural in the early 17th century. The correct English form is roofs, spelled R-O-O-F-S.
Definition
- 1plural of roof
Etymology
From Middle English rofes, equivalent to roof + -s without voicing, first appearing in print in the 14th century. Displaced rooves as the standard plural in the early 17th century.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orofs,rofos,rofs,rooffs,roofss,roosf,rroofs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roofs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “roofs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-O-O-F-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹuːvz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ROS” - see the side-by-side comparison. roofs vs ROS
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.