Which to use
“road” and “roi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,369
- “road” frequency rank
- #547
- “roi” frequency rank
- 7916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | road | roi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rue, chemin. | Titre porté par celui qui règne sur un peuple, un État, en particulier un État monarchique, et qui tient sa fonction de l’hérédité ou de l’élection ; celui qui est à la tête d’un royaume. |
Where the eye mixes road and roi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses road with roi
A purely visual mix-up. road (\ɹəʊd\) and roi (\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 7916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
road is recorded at frequency rank #7,369, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɹəʊd\. roi is at rank #547, 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 7916, this pair ranks #421,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of road vs roi
Shared letters: or. Private to "road": ad. Private to "roi": i.
"road" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "roi" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- road ← orad · raod · roadd · roda · rroad
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "road" and "roi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "road" or "roi"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "road" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "road" and "roi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "road vs roya". 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 #421,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.