rôles

\ʁol\

/\ʁol\/ noun

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The verdict

“rôles” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,622
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roles · rôles · French

rôles · rank #4,622 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,622
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réunions

Nearest frequency peer: réunions (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rôles »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rôles » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rôles vs ros
40% similar
rôles vs Rome
20% similar
rôles vs rose
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rôles
PropertyValue
Headwordrôles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁol\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,622
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rôles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rôlesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réunions » (#4,621), « socialistes » (#4,623), « sondages » (#4,624). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rôles » est au #4,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rôles (IPA \ʁol\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,622 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rôle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rôles, with forms such as "rlôes", "roles", and "rrôles". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ros", "Rome", "rose", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rôles, spelled R-Ô-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rôle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rôles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Perfectionniste dans ses rôles et adepte de son professeur d’art dramatique Stella Adler, qui demandait à ses élèves de « défictionner » la fiction, il apprit à jouer du saxophone pour le film New York, New York, un film musical de Martin Scorsese sorti en 1977.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rlôes
  • roles
  • rrôles
  • rôels
  • rôless
  • rôlles
  • rôlse
  • ôrles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rôles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rlôes2roles1rrôles1rôels2rôless1rôlles1rôlse2ôrles2
Edit distance from "rôles"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rôles"?
"rôles" is spelled R-Ô-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁol\.
What does "rôles" mean?
As a noun, "rôles" means: Pluriel de rôle.
What words are commonly confused with "rôles"?
"rôles" is commonly confused with "ros", "Rome", "rose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rôles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rôles" is \ʁol\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rôles" come from?
"rôles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rôles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

robot#4,615poule#4,602ponts#4,600barbe#4,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

retenu8 variantsvoyait8 variantsXavier8 variantspourrez8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list