Which to use
“écrouler” and “enrouler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,079
- “écrouler” frequency rank
- #37,795
- “enrouler” frequency rank
- 60874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écrouler | enrouler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tomber en s’affaissant. | Rouler plusieurs fois une chose autour d’une autre, ou sur elle-même. |
Where the eye mixes écrouler and enrouler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. écrouler and enrouler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses écrouler with enrouler
A purely visual mix-up. écrouler (\e.kʁu.le\) and enrouler (\ɑ̃.ʁu.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écrouler is recorded at frequency rank #23,079, classified as averb, pronounced \e.kʁu.le\. enrouler is at rank #37,795, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁu.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60874, this pair ranks #95,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écrouler vs enrouler
Shared letters: eloru. Private to "écrouler": cé. Private to "enrouler": n.
"écrouler" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "enrouler" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enrouler ← ennrouler · enoruler · enroluer · enrouelr · enroulerr · enrouller · enroulre · enrrouler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "écrouler" for "enrouler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "écrouler" vs "enrouler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "écrouler" and "enrouler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "écrouler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enrouler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écrouler" and "enrouler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs enrouler". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #95,331 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.