Which to use
“enroule” and “enroulée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,478
- “enroule” frequency rank
- #36,374
- “enroulée” frequency rank
- 67852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enroule | enroulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enrouler. | Participe passé féminin singulier de enrouler. |
Where the eye mixes enroule and enroulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enroule runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against enroulée's 8 (VCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enroule vs enroulée
A purely visual mix-up. enroule (\ɑ̃.ʁul\) and enroulée (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enroule is recorded at frequency rank #31,478, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁul\. enroulée is at rank #36,374, 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 67852, this pair ranks #61,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enroule vs enroulée
Shared letters: elnoru. Private to "enroule": -. Private to "enroulée": é.
"enroule" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "enroulée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enroule ← ennroule · enorule · enrolue · enrouel · enroulle · enrroule · enruole · ernoule
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enroule" for "enroulée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "enroule" or "enroulée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enroule" and "enroulée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enroule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enroulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enroule" and "enroulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs enroulée". 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 #61,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.