Which to use
“ronds” is an adjective and “ros” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,471
- “ronds” frequency rank
- #41,507
- “ros” frequency rank
- 53978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ronds | ros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de rond. | Peigne placé sur le battant du métier à tisser et entre les dents duquel on place un ou plusieurs fils de chaîne. |
Where the eye mixes ronds and ros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ronds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against ros's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ronds and ros
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ronds is \ʁɔ̃\ while ros is \ʁo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ronds is recorded at frequency rank #12,471, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɔ̃\. ros is at rank #41,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁo\.
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 53978, this pair ranks #137,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ronds vs ros
Shared letters: ors. Private to "ronds": dn. Private to "ros": -.
"ronds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "ros" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ronds ← ornds · rnods · rodns · rondds · rondss · ronnds · ronsd · rronds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ronds" for "ros" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ronds" or "ros"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ronds" and "ros" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ronds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ronds" and "ros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ros 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 #137,140 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.