Which to use
“roller” and “roulée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,971
- “roller” frequency rank
- #35,701
- “roulée” frequency rank
- 55672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roller | roulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Patin à roulettes dont les roues sont alignées. | Coups donnés à quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes roller and roulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between roller and roulée
A purely visual mix-up. roller (\ʁɔ.lœʁ\) and roulée (\ʁu.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roller is recorded at frequency rank #19,971, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.lœʁ\. roulée is at rank #35,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.le\.
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 55672, this pair ranks #125,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roller vs roulée
Shared letters: elor. Private to "roller": -. Private to "roulée": ué.
"roller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "roulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roller ← orller · rloler · rolelr · roler · rollerr · rollre · rroller
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roller" for "roulée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "roller" or "roulée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "roller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roller" and "roulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs roulée". 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 #125,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.