roles

/[ˈroles]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,872

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

roles is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de rol. Pronounced [ˈroles]. It ranks #8,872 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ros and roll.

Key facts for roles
PropertyValue
Headwordroles
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈroles]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,872
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of roles in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for roles is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈroles]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,872 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de rol.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for roles, with forms such as "orles", "rloes", and "roels". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ros", "roll", "rule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is roles, spelled R-O-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de rol.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orles,rloes,roels,roless,rolles,rolse,rroles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for roles

Misspelling Variants of "roles"

orles5rloes5roels5roless6rolles6rolse5rroles6
Misspelling Variants of "roles"

Frequency rank: #8,872 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "roles"?
"roles" is spelled R-O-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈroles].
What does "roles" mean?
As a noun, "roles" means: Forma del plural de rol.
What words are commonly confused with "roles"?
"roles" is commonly confused with "ros", "roll", "rule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roles" is [ˈroles]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roles" come from?
"roles" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.