Which to use
“robin” and “roi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,983
- “robin” frequency rank
- #547
- “roi” frequency rank
- 5530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | robin | roi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne de peu, prétentieuse ou sotte. | 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 robin and roi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses robin with roi
A purely visual mix-up. robin (\ʁɔ.bɛ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
robin is recorded at frequency rank #4,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bɛ̃\. 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 5530, this pair ranks #428,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of robin vs roi
Shared letters: ior. Private to "robin": bn. Private to "roi": -.
"robin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "roi" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- robin ← orbin · rboin · robbin · robinn · robni · roibn · rrobin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "robin" and "roi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "robin" vs "roi" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "robin" and "roi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "robin" 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 #428,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "robin" and "roi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robin vs rôtir". 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 #428,768 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.