rognervsroyerConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
rogner
5 ch
royer

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

  • rognerorgner · rgoner · rogenr · roggner · rognerr · rognner · rognre · rrogner
  • royeroryer · roeyr · royerr · royre · royyer · rroyer · ryoer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rogner" and "royer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɔ.ɲe\ versus \ʁwa.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rogner" or "royer"?
"royer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,787 in our French list, against #45,287 for "rogner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list