Which to use
“roe” and “roque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,003
- “roe” frequency rank
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- 77788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roe | roque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roue. | 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 : |
Letter map: roe vs roque
Shared letters muted; letters that set roe and roque apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - roe / roque
roe and roque are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roe is recorded at frequency rank #47,003, classified as anoun. 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 77788, this pair ranks #27,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roe vs roque
Shared letters: eor. Private to "roe": -. Private to "roque": qu.
"roe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roque ← roqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roe" for "roque" ever safe?
Which is more common, "roe" or "roque"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "roe" and "roque".
- Full dictionary entry for "roe" 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 #27,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roe" and "roque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roe 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 #27,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.