Which to use
“roc” and “rocks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,935
- “roc” frequency rank
- #40,475
- “rocks” frequency rank
- 51410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roc | rocks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masse de pierre très dure, qui tient au sol. | Pluriel de rock. |
Same sound, different letters: roc vs rocks
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - roc / rocks
This is the hard kind. roc and rocks are pronounced identically (\ʁɔk\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “roc” sits inside “rocks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roc is recorded at frequency rank #10,935, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔk\. rocks is at rank #40,475, 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 51410, this pair ranks #155,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roc vs rocks
Shared letters: cor. Private to "roc": -. Private to "rocks": ks.
"roc" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "rocks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rocks ← orcks · rcoks · roccks · rockks · rockss · rocsk · rokcs · rrocks
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roc" and "rocks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "roc" or "rocks"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "roc" / "rocks". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "roc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rocks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roc" and "rocks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rocks vs rojas". 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 #155,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.