Which to use
“roque” and “route” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,785
- “roque” frequency rank
- #562
- “route” frequency rank
- 31347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roque | route |
|---|---|---|
| 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 : | Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations. |
Where the eye mixes roque and route
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between roque and route
A purely visual mix-up. roque (\ʁɔk\) and route (\ʁut\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31347, 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\. route is at rank #562, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁut\.
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 31347, this pair ranks #304,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roque vs route
Shared letters: eoru. Private to "roque": q. Private to "route": t.
"roque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "route" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roque" and "route" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "roque" or "route" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "route" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roque" and "route" 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 #304,362 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.