Which to use
“rotule” and “roulé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,517
- “rotule” frequency rank
- #11,478
- “roulé” frequency rank
- 50995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rotule | roulé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia. | Gâteau consistant en une abaisse et une garniture enroulées sur elles-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes rotule and roulé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rotule vs roulé
A purely visual mix-up. rotule (\ʁɔ.tyl\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50995, 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\. 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 50995, this pair ranks #158,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rotule vs roulé
Shared letters: loru. Private to "rotule": et. Private to "roulé": é.
"rotule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "roulé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rotule ← ortule · rotlue · rottule · rotuel · rotulle · routle · rrotule · rtoule
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rotule" and "roulé" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rotule" vs "roulé" - which ranks higher?
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 "rotule" 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 #158,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rotule" and "roulé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rotule vs rouble". 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 #158,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.