Which to use
“enrôler” and “enroule” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,479
- “enrôler” frequency rank
- #31,478
- “enroule” frequency rank
- 62957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enrôler | enroule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inscrire sur les rôles de l’armée de terre ou de mer. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enrouler. |
Where the eye mixes enrôler and enroule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enrôler (VCCVCVC) and enroule (VCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between enrôler and enroule
A purely visual mix-up. enrôler (\ɑ̃.ʁɔ.le\) and enroule (\ɑ̃.ʁul\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62957, 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\. enroule is at rank #31,478, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁul\.
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 62957, this pair ranks #84,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enrôler vs enroule
Shared letters: elnr. Private to "enrôler": ô. Private to "enroule": ou.
"enrôler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enroule" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enroule ← ennroule · enorule · enrolue · enrouel · enroulle · enrroule · enruole · ernoule
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enrôler" for "enroule" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "enrôler" or "enroule" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enrôler" and "enroule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enrôler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enroule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enrôler" and "enroule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôler vs enrôlés". 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 #84,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.