Which to use
“roque” is a noun and “roué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- #46,421
- “roué” frequency rank
- 77206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roque | roué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 : | Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert. |
Where the eye mixes roque and roué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between roque and roué
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: roque is \ʁɔk\ while roué is \ʁwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roque is recorded at frequency rank #30,785, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔk\. roué is at rank #46,421, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁwe\.
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 77206, this pair ranks #29,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roque vs roué
Shared letters: oru. Private to "roque": eq. Private to "roué": é.
"roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "roué" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roque ← roqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roque" and "roué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "roque" or "roué"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roque" and "roué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roué 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 #29,051 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.