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role play

verb, noun

role play is a verb meaning “Alternative form of roleplay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-L-E-P-L-A-Y.

What does role play mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of roleplay.

verb

as role-play
  1. 1

    Alternative form of roleplay.

noun

as role-play
  1. 1

    Alternative form of roleplay.

verb

as rôle play
  1. 1

    datedDated form of roleplay.

noun

as rôle play
  1. 1

    datedDated form of roleplay.

verb

as rôle-play
  1. 1

    datedDated form of roleplay.

noun

as rôle-play
  1. 1

    datedDated form of roleplay.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of roleplay.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of role play

  • role-plays present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • role-playing participle, present
  • role-played participle, past
  • role plays present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • role playing participle, present
  • role played participle, past
  • rôle plays present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • rôle playing participle, present
  • rôle played participle, past
  • rôle-plays present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • rôle-playing participle, present
  • rôle-played participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with role play

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

role-play vs roleplay10 G

Also written: roleplay (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).