rogvsroiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“rog” and “roi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,334
“rog” frequency rank
#547
“roi” frequency rank
49881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rog roi
Definition « ? » ou point d’interrogation 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 rog and roi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
rog
3 ch
roi

Visual trap between rog and roi

A purely visual mix-up. rog (\ʁɔɡ\) 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 a single letter - g in “rog” becomes i in “roi”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rog is recorded at frequency rank #49,334, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔɡ\. 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 49881, this pair ranks #167,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rog vs roi

Shared letters: or. Private to "rog": g. Private to "roi": i.

"rog" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "roi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rog" and "roi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɔɡ\ versus \ʁwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rog" or "roi"?
"roi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #547 in our French list, against #49,334 for "rog". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rog" and "roi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rog" 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 #167,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rog" and "roi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rog vs roya". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #167,138 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list