The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century.
Roofs or rooves uk english.
As a verb roofs is roof to install a roof.
The chart below shows the relative usage of rooves vs.
Roofs has been the standard form since at least the 18th century.
Roofs in english since 1800.
Today the usage of rooves is so low as to approximate zero.
The accepted plural is roofs.
1 the structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle.
As nouns the difference between roofs and rooves is that roofs is while rooves is.
Rooves is an incorrect pluralization of the word roof and should be avoided.
Rooves is an old secondary form and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves but it is not common enough to be considered standard.
The rain woke him hammering on the roof.
Roofs is a synonym of rooves.
A car with a vinyl roof.
In plural of roof lang en terms the difference between roofs and rooves is that roofs is while rooves is.