rouleau

/\ʁu.lo\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,065

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

rouleau is aFrenchnoun. It means: Objet de forme cylindrique oblongue. Pronounced \ʁu.lo\. Often confused with rouler and roulez.

Key facts for rouleau
PropertyValue
Headwordrouleau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁu.lo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,065
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rouleau is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁu.lo\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,065 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 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 rouleau, with forms such as "oruleau", "rolueau", and "rouelau". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rouler", "roulez", "roulés", 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 rouleau, spelled R-O-U-L-E-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet de forme cylindrique oblongue.
  2. 2
    Bande de papier, d’étoffe, de métal, etc., enroulée sur elle-même ou sur une tige cylindrique.
  3. 3
    Bigoudi.
  4. 4
    Type de coiffure féminine comportant des mèches enroulées.
  5. 5
    Objet cylindrique servant à rouler, à étendre, à niveler un matériau, une pâte.
  6. 6
    Cylindre de bois sur lequel coulait une composition spéciale et qui servait à encrer les formes.
  7. 7
    Ellipse de rouleau compresseur, engin de travaux publics muni d’un rouleau (3) métallique et destiné à niveler le sol.
  8. 8
    Outil de travaux aratoires.
  9. 9
    Rondin de bois cylindriques sur lesquelles on fait rouler des fardeaux.
  10. 10
    Cylindre rotatif sur paliers, libre ou entraîné, servant de support pour des éléments mobiles en vue de les manutentionner ou de les guider.
  11. 11
    Tiges cylindriques ou bombées, le plus souvent en acier spécial, équipant les roulements à rouleaux.
  12. 12
    Vague déferlante sur une grande longueur.
  13. 13
    Cylindre sur lequel étaient gravés des sons destinés à être entendus sur un phonographe.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oruleau,rolueau,rouelau,roulaeu,rouleua,roulleau,rrouleau,ruoleau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rouleau

Misspelling Variants of "rouleau"

oruleau7rolueau7rouelau7roulaeu7rouleua7roulleau8rrouleau8ruoleau7
Misspelling Variants of "rouleau"

Frequency rank: #10,065 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rouleau"?
"rouleau" is spelled R-O-U-L-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.lo\.
What does "rouleau" mean?
As a noun, "rouleau" means: Objet de forme cylindrique oblongue.
What words are commonly confused with "rouleau"?
"rouleau" is commonly confused with "rouler", "roulez", "roulés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouleau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouleau" is \ʁu.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouleau" come from?
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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.