Which to use
“rôle” and “roque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #606
- “rôle” frequency rank
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- 31391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rôle | roque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rouleau de papier, de parchemin, sur lequel on écrivait des actes, des titres. | Mouvement du jeu d’échecs où le roi et une tour bougent en un seul coup : le roi va de 2 cases vers la tour et la tour saute le roi et se met sur la case juste à côté. Pour faire ce coup, il faut : |
Where the eye mixes rôle and roque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rôle with roque
A purely visual mix-up. rôle (\ʁol\) and roque (\ʁɔk\) 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 31391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rôle is recorded at frequency rank #606, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁol\. roque is at rank #30,785, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔk\.
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 31391, this pair ranks #304,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rôle vs roque
Shared letters: er. Private to "rôle": lô. Private to "roque": oqu.
"rôle" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roque ← roqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rôle" and "roque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rôle" or "roque" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rôle" and "roque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rôle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rôle" and "roque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roque vs roques". 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 #304,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.