# roofs

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹuːvz/ · frequency rank #13,413

## Definitions
1. plural 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.

## Easily confused with
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-ros)
- **room** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-room)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-root)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-ross)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rows)
- **rook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rook)
- **roos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roos)
- **ROTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rots)
- **rooms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rooms)
- **roots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roots)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roses)
- **ropes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-ropes)
- **roost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roost)
- **roomy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roomy)
- **Roxas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-roxas)
- **rooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rooks)
- **rotors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roofs-vs-rotors)
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roo-vs-roofs)
- **roof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roof-vs-roofs)
- **refs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refs-vs-roofs)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orofs`, `rofos`, `rofs`, `rooffs`, `roofss`, `roosf`, `rroofs`

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