rösti
/ˈɹɜːstɪ/
"rosti" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rösti” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onio...
Corpus desk
Index EN-rosti · rösti · English
rösti · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rösti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɜːstɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rösti” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rösti is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɜːstɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onio...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rösti in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Alemannic German, from the same root as English roast. The correct English form is rösti, spelled R-Ö-S-T-I.
Definition
- 1A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onions, cheese, apples or fresh herbs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rösti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The border between German- and French-speaking Switzerland is known as the “Röstigraben” because only the first traditionally serves rösti at breakfast.
Etymology
Borrowed from Alemannic German, from the same root as English roast.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.