# roots

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹuːts/ · frequency rank #4,047

## Definitions
1. plural of root

## Easily confused with
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rot)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-ros)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-ross)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rows)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-roth)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rout)
- **ROTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rotc)
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rote)
- **ROTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rots)
- **rota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rota)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-route)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-roses)
- **ropes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-ropes)
- **Roxas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-roxas)
- **routes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-routes)
- **rotors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roots-vs-rotors)
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roo-vs-roots)
- **room** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/room-vs-roots)
- **roof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roof-vs-roots)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/root-vs-roots)

## Common misspellings (5)
`orots`, `rootss`, `rootts`, `rotos`, `rroots`

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