roulant

\ʁu.lɑ̃\

/\ʁu.lɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“roulant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,236
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui roule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roulant · roulant · French

roulant · rank #7,236 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,236
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rotation

Nearest frequency peer: rotation (-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 « roulant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roulant » 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).

roulant vs roulent
86% similar
roulant vs roulante
88% similar
roulant vs roulants
88% similar

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

Key facts for roulant
PropertyValue
Headwordroulant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁu.lɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,236
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roulant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).roulantse 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 « rotation » (#7,235), « routine » (#7,237), « rigole » (#7,234). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roulant » est au #7,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around roulant (IPA \ʁu.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,236 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for roulant, with forms such as "orulant", "roluant", and "roualnt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "roulent", "roulante", "roulants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roulant, spelled R-O-U-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui roule.
  2. 2
    Qualifie le matériel qui roule sur les voies, comme les wagons.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une voie qui se meut mécaniquement.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un feu continu, une fusillade nourrie.
  5. 5
    Qui se prête bien à la circulation automobile.
  6. 6
    Drôle, tordant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des pierres roulantes.
  2. L’homme et la femme en haillons, trempés jusqu’aux os, suivaient la carriole, dont la toile oscillait sur des cerceaux d’osier. Des têtes d’enfants, ébouriffées, sortaient des ouvertures de la maison roulante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orulant
  • roluant
  • roualnt
  • roulannt
  • roulantt
  • roulatn
  • roullant
  • roulnat
  • rroulant
  • ruolant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roulant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

orulant2roluant2roualnt2roulannt1roulantt1roulatn2roullant1roulnat2
Edit distance from "roulant"

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 "roulant"?
"roulant" is spelled R-O-U-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.lɑ̃\.
What does "roulant" mean?
As an adjective, "roulant" means: Qui roule.
What words are commonly confused with "roulant"?
"roulant" is commonly confused with "roulent", "roulante", "roulants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roulant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roulant" is \ʁu.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roulant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

routine#7,237sauveur#7,240relance#7,230sergent#7,243

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

situées10 variantspotable10 variantspassionné10 variantsétroite10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list