Which to use
“enroulée” and “enrouler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,374
- “enroulée” frequency rank
- #37,795
- “enrouler” frequency rank
- 74169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enroulée | enrouler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de enrouler. | Rouler plusieurs fois une chose autour d’une autre, ou sur elle-même. |
Same sound, different letters: enroulée vs enrouler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enroulée (VCCVVCVV) and enrouler (VCCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: enroulée vs enrouler
This is the hard kind. enroulée and enrouler are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ʁu.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enroulée is recorded at frequency rank #36,374, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁu.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 74169, this pair ranks #38,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enroulée vs enrouler
Shared letters: elnoru. Private to "enroulée": é. Private to "enrouler": -.
"enroulée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "enrouler" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enrouler ← ennrouler · enoruler · enroluer · enrouelr · enroulerr · enrouller · enroulre · enrrouler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enroulée" for "enrouler" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enroulée" or "enrouler"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enroulée" / "enrouler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enroulée" 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 #38,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enroulée" 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 #38,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.