Which to use
“raclette” and “roulette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,833
- “raclette” frequency rank
- #19,974
- “roulette” frequency rank
- 40807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raclette | roulette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite racle. | Petite roue de bois, de fer, de cuivre, etc., servant à faire rouler les objets auxquels elle est attachée. |
Where the eye mixes raclette and roulette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. raclette (CVCCVCCV) and roulette (CVVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between raclette and roulette
A purely visual mix-up. raclette (\ʁɑ.klɛt\) and roulette (\ʁu.lɛt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raclette is recorded at frequency rank #20,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ.klɛt\. roulette is at rank #19,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.lɛt\.
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 40807, this pair ranks #237,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raclette vs roulette
Shared letters: elrt. Private to "raclette": ac. Private to "roulette": ou.
"raclette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "roulette" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raclette" and "roulette" be used interchangeably?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "raclette" and "roulette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raclette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raclette" and "roulette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roulette vs rouverte". 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 #237,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.