Which to use
“remué” is an adjective and “roque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,277
- “remué” frequency rank
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- 76062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remué | roque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ému, touché. | Mouvement du jeu d’échecs où le roi et une tour bougent en un seul coup : le roi va de 2 cases vers la tour et la tour saute le roi et se met sur la case juste à côté. Pour faire ce coup, il faut : |
Where the eye mixes remué and roque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. remué and roque follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses remué with roque
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remué is \ʁə.mɥe\ while roque is \ʁɔk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remué is recorded at frequency rank #45,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\. roque is at rank #30,785, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔk\.
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 76062, this pair ranks #32,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remué vs roque
Shared letters: eru. Private to "remué": mé. Private to "roque": oq.
"remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roque ← roqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remué" for "roque" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remué" or "roque" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remué" and "roque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". 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 #32,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.