Which to use
“rotule” and “rotules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,517
- “rotule” frequency rank
- #47,007
- “rotules” frequency rank
- 86524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rotule | rotules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia. | Pluriel de rotule. |
Same sound, different letters: rotule vs rotules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rotule runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rotules's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rotule and rotules
This is the hard kind. rotule and rotules are pronounced identically (\ʁɔ.tyl\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rotule” sits inside “rotules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rotule is recorded at frequency rank #39,517, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.tyl\. rotules is at rank #47,007, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.tyl\.
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 86524, this pair ranks #9,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rotule vs rotules
Shared letters: elortu. Private to "rotule": -. Private to "rotules": s.
"rotule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rotules" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rotule" and "rotules" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "rotule" or "rotules" show up more?
What to do next
"rotule" and "rotules" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rotule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rotules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rotule" and "rotules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roques vs rotules". 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 #9,585 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.