roques
\ʁɔk\
The verdict
“roques” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,771 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,771
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de roque.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roques” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for roques is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔk\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,771 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de roque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for roques, with forms such as "roqeus", "roqques", and "roquess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rues", "roué", "Rouen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is roques, spelled R-O-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de roque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: roqeus,roqques,roquess,roquse,rouqes,rqoues,rroques
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “roques”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rues” - see the side-by-side comparison. roques vs rues
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.