Which to use
“rôles” and “roques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,622
- “rôles” frequency rank
- #48,771
- “roques” frequency rank
- 53393
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rôles | roques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de rôle. | Pluriel de roque. |
Where the eye mixes rôles and roques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rôles vs roques
A purely visual mix-up. rôles (\ʁol\) and roques (\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 53393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rôles is recorded at frequency rank #4,622, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁol\. roques is at rank #48,771, 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 53393, this pair ranks #141,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rôles vs roques
Shared letters: ers. Private to "rôles": lô. Private to "roques": oqu.
"rôles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "roques" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roques ← roqeus · roqques · roquess · roquse · rouqes · rqoues · rroques
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rôles" for "roques" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rôles" or "roques"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rôles" and "roques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rôles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rôles" and "roques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roques vs rouet". 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 #141,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.