Which to use
“roll” and “rolls” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,239
- “roll” frequency rank
- #22,078
- “rolls” frequency rank
- 37317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roll | rolls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chariot à quatre roulettes fermé par des grilles servant à transporter des marchandises. | Pluriel de roll. |
Same sound, different letters: roll vs rolls
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - roll and rolls
This is the hard kind. roll and rolls are pronounced identically (\rɔl\) 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 extra letter(s) - “roll” sits inside “rolls”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roll is recorded at frequency rank #15,239, classified as anoun, pronounced \rɔl\. 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 37317, this pair ranks #263,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roll vs rolls
Shared letters: lor. Private to "roll": -. Private to "rolls": s.
"roll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "rolls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roll" for "rolls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "roll" vs "rolls" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "roll" 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 #263,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roll" 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 #263,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.