Roth

\ʁot\

/\ʁot\/ name

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The verdict

“Roth” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,080
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roth · Roth · French

Roth · rank #22,080 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,080
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rosée

Nearest frequency peer: rosée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Roth »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Roth » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Roth vs RT
25% similar
Roth vs roy
25% similar
Roth vs RTL
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Roth
PropertyValue
HeadwordRoth
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁot\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,080
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Roth »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Rothse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rosée » (#22,079), « rwandais » (#22,081), « rolls » (#22,078). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Roth » est au #22,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Roth (IPA \ʁot\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,080 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Roth, with forms such as "orth", "roht", and "rothh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RT", "roy", "RTL", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Roth, spelled R-O-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Roth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Pour mon petit frère, je demande toujours l’opinion de ma mère qui vit avec lui », raconte Agnès Roth, qui va même jusqu’à s’adresser au principal intéressé si la réponse ne la satisfait pas, toujours dans le souci de « faire plaisir ».

This word in other languages

Roth(English)Roth(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orth
  • roht
  • rothh
  • rotth
  • rroth
  • rtoh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Roth - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

orth2roht2rothh1rotth1rroth1rtoh2
Edit distance from "Roth"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Roth"?
"Roth" is spelled R-O-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁot\.
What does "Roth" mean?
As a proper noun, "Roth" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Roth"?
"Roth" is commonly confused with "RT", "roy", "RTL". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Roth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Roth" is \ʁot\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Roth" come from?
"Roth" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Roth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

safe#22,086sami#22,088Vaud#22,131veuf#22,134

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

rolls6 variantsrimes6 variantspenny6 variantsanses6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list