Which to use
“roc” and “roques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,935
- “roc” frequency rank
- #48,771
- “roques” frequency rank
- 59706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roc | roques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masse de pierre très dure, qui tient au sol. | Pluriel de roque. |
Same sound, different letters: roc vs roques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. roc runs 3 letters (CVC) against roques's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: roc vs roques
This is the hard kind. roc and roques 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59706, 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\. roques is at rank #48,771, 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 59706, this pair ranks #101,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roc vs roques
Shared letters: or. Private to "roc": c. Private to "roques": eqsu.
"roc" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "roques" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roques ← roqeus · roqques · roquess · roquse · rouqes · rqoues · rroques
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "roc" and "roques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "roc" vs "roques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "roc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roc" and "roques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roques vs rouet". 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 #101,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.