Which to use
“rogner” and “royer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,287
- “rogner” frequency rank
- #30,787
- “royer” frequency rank
- 76074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rogner | royer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retrancher, ôter quelque chose sur les extrémités, sur les bords d’une étoffe, d’un cuir, d’un morceau de bois, etc. | Aérer la terre en y creusant des sillons. |
Where the eye mixes rogner and royer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rogner vs royer
A purely visual mix-up. rogner (\ʁɔ.ɲe\) and royer (\ʁwa.je\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rogner is recorded at frequency rank #45,287, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɔ.ɲe\. royer is at rank #30,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁwa.je\.
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 76074, this pair ranks #32,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rogner vs royer
Shared letters: eor. Private to "rogner": gn. Private to "royer": y.
"rogner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "royer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rogner" and "royer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rogner" or "royer"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rogner" and "royer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rogner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "royer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rogner" and "royer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Riner vs rogner". 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 #32,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.