Which to use
“road” and “rois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,369
- “road” frequency rank
- #4,283
- “rois” frequency rank
- 11652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | road | rois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rue, chemin. | Pluriel de roi. |
Where the eye mixes road and rois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses road with rois
A purely visual mix-up. road (\ɹəʊd\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11652, 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\. 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 11652, this pair ranks #408,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of road vs rois
Shared letters: or. Private to "road": ad. Private to "rois": is.
"road" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "rois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "road" for "rois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "road" vs "rois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "road" and "rois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "road" 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 #408,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "road" and "rois" 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 #408,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.