RMIvsroisConfusable pair

Which to use

“RMI” and “rois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,577
“RMI” frequency rank
#4,283
“rois” frequency rank
51860
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RMI rois
Definition Allocation française constituant un minimum social s’adressant aux personnes sans ressources en âge de travailler mais n’ayant pas droit aux allocations chômage. Pluriel de roi.

Where the eye mixes RMI and rois

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
RMI
4 ch
rois

Visual trap between RMI and rois

A purely visual mix-up. RMI (\ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.m‿i\) and rois (\ʁwa\) 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 51860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RMI is recorded at frequency rank #47,577, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.m‿i\. rois is at rank #4,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁwa\.

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 51860, this pair ranks #151,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of RMI vs rois

Shared letters: ir. Private to "RMI": m. Private to "rois": os.

"RMI" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "rois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roisoris · roiss · rosi · rrois

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "RMI" for "rois" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.m‿i\ versus \ʁwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "RMI" or "rois" show up more?
"rois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,283 in our French list, against #47,577 for "RMI". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "RMI" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RMI" and "rois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs RMI". 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 #151,899 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