Which to use
“rois” and “rôle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,283
- “rois” frequency rank
- #606
- “rôle” frequency rank
- 4889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rois | rôle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de roi. | Rouleau de papier, de parchemin, sur lequel on écrivait des actes, des titres. |
Where the eye mixes rois and rôle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rois with rôle
A purely visual mix-up. rois (\ʁwa\) and rôle (\ʁol\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rois is recorded at frequency rank #4,283, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁwa\. rôle is at rank #606, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁol\.
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 4889, this pair ranks #430,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rois vs rôle
Shared letters: r. Private to "rois": ios. Private to "rôle": elô.
"rois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "rôle" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rois ← oris · roiss · rosi · rrois
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rois" and "rôle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rois" or "rôle"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rois" and "rôle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rôle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rois" and "rôle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rois 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 #430,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.