Which to use
“enrôler” is a verb and “enrôlés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,479
- “enrôler” frequency rank
- #44,447
- “enrôlés” frequency rank
- 75926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enrôler | enrôlés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inscrire sur les rôles de l’armée de terre ou de mer. | Pluriel de enrôlé. |
Where the eye mixes enrôler and enrôlés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enrôler and enrôlés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses enrôler with enrôlés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enrôler is \ɑ̃.ʁɔ.le\ while enrôlés is \ɑ̃.ʁo.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enrôler is recorded at frequency rank #31,479, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁɔ.le\. enrôlés is at rank #44,447, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁo.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 75926, this pair ranks #32,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enrôler vs enrôlés
Shared letters: elnrô. Private to "enrôler": -. Private to "enrôlés": sé.
"enrôler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enrôlés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enrôler" and "enrôlés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "enrôler" vs "enrôlés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enrôler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enrôlés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enrôler" and "enrôlés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs Eyrolles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.