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Road vs. Rode

Road

/rəʊd/

A long, hard surface built for vehicles to travel on

Examples:

The road is long.Walk carefully on the icy road.

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This word has no antonyms

Rode

A past tense of the verb ride, meaning to have traveled on or been carried by a vehicle, animal, or other means.

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Ways to tell them apart:

Road has the letter a like in pavement, reminding you of a path or street that is traveled.
Rode is the past tense of ride, so think of it as something you might have done on a bike or horse in the past.
Both words are four letters, but road ends in d for drive, while rode ends in e for equine, which you might ride.

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