enroulevsenrouléeConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
enroule
8 ch
enroulée

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

  • enrouleennroule · enorule · enrolue · enrouel · enroulle · enrroule · enruole · ernoule

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enroule" for "enroulée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ʁul\ versus \ɑ̃.ʁu.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "enroule" or "enroulée" show up more?
"enroule" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,478 in our French list, against #36,374 for "enroulée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list