remuévsroqueWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remué is a adjective, roque is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remué and roque apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
remué
5 ch
roque

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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": . Private to "roque": oq.

"remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roqueroqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque

Frequency comparison

remué#45,277
roque#30,785

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remué" and "roque" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remué" is an adjective and "roque" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remué" or "roque"?
"roque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,785 in our French list, against #45,277 for "remué". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering remué vs roque

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “remué”; for a noun, it's “roque”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remué” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list