roulent

\ʁul\

/\ʁul\/ verb

The verdict

“roulent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,990
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roulent · roulent · French

roulent · rank #16,990 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,990
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rouleaux

Nearest frequency peer: rouleaux (-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 « roulent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roulent » 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).

roulent vs rouler
71% similar
roulent vs roulez
71% similar
roulent vs roulés
57% similar

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

Key facts for roulent
PropertyValue
Headwordroulent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁul\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,990
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roulent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).roulentse 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 « rouleaux » (#16,989), « Ricard » (#16,988), « réparé » (#16,992). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roulent » est au #16,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around roulent (IPA \ʁul\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,990 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for roulent, with forms such as "orulent", "roluent", and "rouelnt". 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, "rouler", "roulez", "roulés", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roulent, spelled R-O-U-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de rouler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est dans sa tête que les cartes se jouent, que les dés roulent, que les neurones puceronnent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orulent
  • roluent
  • rouelnt
  • roulennt
  • roulentt
  • rouletn
  • roullent
  • roulnet
  • rroulent
  • ruolent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roulent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

orulent2roluent2rouelnt2roulennt1roulentt1rouletn2roullent1roulnet2
Edit distance from "roulent"

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 "roulent"?
"roulent" is spelled R-O-U-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁul\.
What does "roulent" mean?
As a verb, "roulent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler.
What words are commonly confused with "roulent"?
"roulent" 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 "roulent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roulent" is \ʁul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roulent" come from?
"roulent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list