Which to use
“roque” and “roulé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- #11,478
- “roulé” frequency rank
- 42263
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roque | roulé |
|---|---|---|
| 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 : | Gâteau consistant en une abaisse et une garniture enroulées sur elles-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes roque and roulé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between roque and roulé
A purely visual mix-up. roque (\ʁɔk\) and roulé (\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 42263, 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\. roulé is at rank #11,478, 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 42263, this pair ranks #226,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roque vs roulé
Shared letters: oru. Private to "roque": eq. Private to "roulé": lé.
"roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "roulé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- roque ← roqeu · roqque · rouqe · rqoue · rroque
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roque" and "roulé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "roque" or "roulé"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "roque" and "roulé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roque" and "roulé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roque vs roques". 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 #226,930 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.