# Rosso

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,921

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As an Italian surname, from the adjective rosso (“red”). This is also found in Croatia as Roso.
* As a Greek surname Ρόσσος (Róssos), from the Italian surname above, or sometimes from Ρώσος (Rósos, “Russian”).

## Easily confused with
- **RSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rss)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rows)
- **Russ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-russ)
- **rosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rosy)
- **ROTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rots)
- **rouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rouse)
- **Rostov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosso-vs-rostov)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ros-vs-rosso)
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roo-vs-rosso)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rose-vs-rosso)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ross-vs-rosso)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosa-vs-rosso)
- **rods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rods-vs-rosso)
- **Romo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romo-vs-rosso)
- **Rojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rojo-vs-rosso)
- **roos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roos-vs-rosso)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roses-vs-rosso)
- **roast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roast-vs-rosso)
- **Romeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romeo-vs-rosso)
- **Rosie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosie-vs-rosso)

## Common misspellings (4)
`orsso`, `rosos`, `rrosso`, `rsoso`

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