roisvsrollsWhich spelling fits?

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

#4,283
“rois” frequency rank
#22,078
“rolls” frequency rank
26361
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rois rolls
Definition Pluriel de roi. Pluriel de roll.

Where the eye mixes rois and rolls

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
rois
5 ch
rolls

Look-alike desk: rois vs rolls

A purely visual mix-up. rois (\ʁwa\) and rolls (\rɔl\) 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 26361, 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\. rolls is at rank #22,078, tagged as anoun, pronounced \rɔl\.

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 26361, this pair ranks #335,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rois vs rolls

Shared letters: ors. Private to "rois": i. Private to "rolls": l.

"rois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "rolls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roisoris · roiss · rosi · rrois
  • rollsorlls · rlols · rollss · rols · rolsl · rrolls

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rois" and "rolls" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁwa\ versus \rɔl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rois" or "rolls"?
"rois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,283 in our French list, against #22,078 for "rolls". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rolls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #335,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rois" and "rolls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rojas vs rolls". 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 #335,493 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