roe
/ˈɹoʊ/
noun
Familiar
1.n.fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
2.n.eggs of female fish
3.n.the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
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roe and row are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. roe means “fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture”. row means “an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line”. row is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈɹoʊ/
1.n.fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
2.n.eggs of female fish
3.n.the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
/ˈɹoʊ/
| roe | row | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊ/ | /ˈɹoʊ/ |
| Said | roh | roh |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 3 | 3 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 4 | 8 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | hard roe | none recorded |
1.n.an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
“a row of chairs”
2.n.an angry dispute
“they had a quarrel”
3.n.a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
“a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds”