Which to use
“rocks” and “roque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,475
- “rocks” frequency rank
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- 71260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rocks | roque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de rock. | Mouvement du jeu d’échecs où le roi et une tour bougent en un seul coup : le roi va de 2 cases vers la tour et la tour saute le roi et se met sur la case juste à côté. Pour faire ce coup, il faut : |
Same sound, different letters: rocks vs roque
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rocks and roque
This is the hard kind. rocks and roque 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rocks is recorded at frequency rank #40,475, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔk\. roque is at rank #30,785, 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 71260, this pair ranks #48,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rocks vs roque
Shared letters: or. Private to "rocks": cks. Private to "roque": equ.
"rocks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rocks" and "roque" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "rocks" or "roque" show up more?
What to do next
"rocks" and "roque" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rocks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rocks" and "roque" 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 #48,223 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.