Which to use
“rôtir” and “royer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,346
- “rôtir” frequency rank
- #30,787
- “royer” frequency rank
- 80133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rôtir | royer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire cuire de la viande à un feu vif, de manière que le dessus soit croustillant et que l’intérieur reste tendre. | Aérer la terre en y creusant des sillons. |
Where the eye mixes rôtir and royer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rôtir vs royer
A purely visual mix-up. rôtir (\ʁo.tiʁ\) and royer (\ʁwa.je\) 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 80133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rôtir is recorded at frequency rank #49,346, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁo.tiʁ\. royer is at rank #30,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁwa.je\.
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 80133, this pair ranks #21,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rôtir vs royer
Shared letters: r. Private to "rôtir": itô. Private to "royer": eoy.
"rôtir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "royer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- royer ← oryer · roeyr · royerr · royre · royyer · rroyer · ryoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rôtir" and "royer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rôtir" or "royer" 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 "rôtir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "royer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rôtir" and "royer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rotary vs rôtir". 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 #21,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.