Quote Originally Posted by Marcus View Post
You see that it was impossible to guess the spelling of the word "рожь", if you hadn't known it before.
You misheard the second word. THe stress is on the second syllable.
If you know the rule that voiced sounds change to unvoiced ones in the end of the word ('ж' sounds like 'ш') then it should be rather easy to guess how to spell "рожь". Perhaps the only problem would be the soft sign.