# roost

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹuːst/ · frequency rank #29,070

## Definitions
1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom.
4. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
5. A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
6. Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).

## Etymology
From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

## Easily confused with
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rot)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-ros)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rose)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-root)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-ross)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rows)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rosa)
- **rust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rust)
- **rosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rosy)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rout)
- **ROTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rots)
- **roots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-roots)
- **Rossi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rossi)
- **rouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rouse)
- **Rosso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rosso)
- **rooster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roost-vs-rooster)
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roo-vs-roost)
- **room** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/room-vs-roost)
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rest-vs-roost)
- **roof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roof-vs-roost)

## Common misspellings (6)
`orost`, `roosst`, `roostt`, `rosot`, `rost`, `rroost`

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