roulement

\ʁul.mɑ̃\

/\ʁul.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“roulement” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,240
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement de ce qui roule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roulement · roulement · French

roulement · rank #15,240 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,240
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roll

Nearest frequency peer: roll (-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 « roulement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roulement » 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).

roulement vs roulent
78% similar
roulement vs rudement
78% similar
roulement vs royalement
80% similar

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

Key facts for roulement
PropertyValue
Headwordroulement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁul.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,240
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roulement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).roulementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roll » (#15,239), « roumain » (#15,241), « RMC » (#15,238). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roulement » est au #15,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around roulement (IPA \ʁul.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,240 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for roulement, with forms such as "orulement", "roluement", and "rouelment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "roulent", "rudement", "royalement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is roulement, spelled R-O-U-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement de ce qui roule.
  2. 2
    Bruit produit par ce qui roule.
  3. 3
    Bruit formé par un ou par plusieurs tambours que l’on bat continuellement à coups égaux et pressés.
  4. 4
    Bruit lointain du tonnerre.
  5. 5
    Action de se remplacer alternativement dans certaines fonctions.
  6. 6
    Palier à roulement : mécanisme, inventé en 1869, permettant à une pièce en rotation telle qu'une roue de tourner avec moins de frottement qu'avec un palier lisse : le glissement est remplacé par le roulement de billes ou de galets maintenus par une cage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le roulement de cette voiture fait grand bruit sur le pavé.
  2. Le roulement des voitures.

Synonyms

bearings de rouepalier à roulement

This word in other languages

roll(English)rodamiento(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orulement
  • roluement
  • rouelment
  • rouleemnt
  • roulemennt
  • roulementt
  • roulemetn
  • roulemment
  • roulemnet
  • roullement
  • roulmeent
  • rroulement
  • ruolement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roulement - 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.

orulement2roluement2rouelment2rouleemnt2roulemennt1roulementt1roulemetn2roulemment1
Edit distance from "roulement"

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 "roulement"?
"roulement" is spelled R-O-U-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁul.mɑ̃\.
What does "roulement" mean?
As a noun, "roulement" means: Mouvement de ce qui roule.
What words are commonly confused with "roulement"?
"roulement" is commonly confused with "roulent", "rudement", "royalement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roulement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roulement" is \ʁul.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roulement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rivaliser#15,237récepteur#15,244récurrent#15,246reprendra#15,231

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

rigoureuse13 variantséquipages13 variantsaimeraient13 variantsBeethoven13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list