Which to use
“rois” and “roy” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,283
- “rois” frequency rank
- #3,220
- “roy” frequency rank
- 7503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rois | roy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de roi. | De 1694 à 1740 : Orthographe de l’Académie française de roi. |
Same sound, different letters: rois vs roy
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Homophone desk: rois vs roy
This is the hard kind. rois and roy are pronounced identically (\ʁwa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7503, 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\. roy is at rank #3,220, 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 7503, this pair ranks #422,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rois vs roy
Shared letters: or. Private to "rois": is. Private to "roy": y.
"rois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "roy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rois ← oris · roiss · rosi · rrois
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rois" and "roy" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rois" or "roy"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rois" and "roy" 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 #422,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.