roulis

\ʁu.li\

/\ʁu.li\/ noun

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The verdict

“roulis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,150
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Balancement d’un navire qui roule, qui penche alternativement de droite à gauche et de gauche à droite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roulis · roulis · French

roulis · rank #44,150 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,150
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rookie

Nearest frequency peer: rookie (-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 « roulis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roulis » 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).

roulis vs rubis
67% similar
roulis vs rules
67% similar
roulis vs routes
67% similar

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

Key facts for roulis
PropertyValue
Headwordroulis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁu.li\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,150
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roulis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.roulisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rookie » (#44,149), « riverain » (#44,148), « ryad » (#44,152). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roulis » est au #44,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around roulis (IPA \ʁu.li\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,150 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for roulis, with forms such as "orulis", "roluis", and "rouils". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rubis", "rules", "routes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 roulis, spelled R-O-U-L-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Balancement d’un navire qui roule, qui penche alternativement de droite à gauche et de gauche à droite.
  2. 2
    Mouvement de rotation sur l’axe de la longueur.
  3. 3
    Balancement des hanches alternativement de gauche à droite et réciproquement.
  4. 4
    Balancement du haut du corps (voire du corps tout entier) lors des nages alternatives (crawl, dos crawlé).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] il aurait subi l’action de la houle ; des mouvements de tangage et de roulis l’auraient secoué avec ceux qui flottaient à sa surface, comme des passagers à bord d’un navire battu par la mer.
  2. À chaque coup de roulis ou de tangage le hurlement continu du vent s'amplifiait d'un sifflement sinistre.

This word in other languages

roll(English)Rollen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orulis
  • roluis
  • rouils
  • rouliss
  • roullis
  • roulsi
  • rroulis
  • ruolis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

orulis2roluis2rouils2rouliss1roullis1roulsi2rroulis1ruolis2
Edit distance from "roulis"

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 "roulis"?
"roulis" is spelled R-O-U-L-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.li\.
What does "roulis" mean?
As a noun, "roulis" means: Balancement d’un navire qui roule, qui penche alternativement de droite à gauche et de gauche à droite.
What words are commonly confused with "roulis"?
"roulis" is commonly confused with "rubis", "rules", "routes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roulis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roulis" is \ʁu.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roulis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rookie#44,149Réjean#44,163sacrer#44,171radiée#44,125

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Pouilly8 variantspleuve8 variantsperiod8 variantstenaille8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list