rotule

/\ʁɔ.tyl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,517

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

rotule is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia. Pronounced \ʁɔ.tyl\. Often confused with rule and roué.

Key facts for rotule
PropertyValue
Headwordrotule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.tyl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,517
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rotule in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rotule is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.tyl\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,517 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rotule, with forms such as "ortule", "rotlue", and "rottule". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "rule", "roué", "route", 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 French form is rotule, spelled R-O-T-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia.
  2. 2
    Pièce de forme sphérique utilisée comme articulation dans les organes qu’on doit pouvoir orienter dans tous les sens.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ortule,rotlue,rottule,rotuel,rotulle,routle,rrotule,rtoule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rotule

Misspelling Variants of "rotule"

ortule6rotlue6rottule7rotuel6rotulle7routle6rrotule7rtoule6
Misspelling Variants of "rotule"

Frequency rank: #39,517 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rotule"?
"rotule" is spelled R-O-T-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.tyl\.
What does "rotule" mean?
As a noun, "rotule" means: Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia.
What words are commonly confused with "rotule"?
"rotule" is commonly confused with "rule", "roué", "route". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rotule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rotule" is \ʁɔ.tyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rotule" come from?
"rotule" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.