Which to use
“rotule” and “roulée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,517
- “rotule” frequency rank
- #35,701
- “roulée” frequency rank
- 75218
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rotule | roulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia. | Coups donnés à quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes rotule and roulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rotule (CVCVCV) and roulée (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between rotule and roulée
A purely visual mix-up. rotule (\ʁɔ.tyl\) and roulée (\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 75218, 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\. roulée is at rank #35,701, 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 75218, this pair ranks #34,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rotule vs roulée
Shared letters: eloru. Private to "rotule": t. Private to "roulée": é.
"rotule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "roulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rotule ← ortule · rotlue · rottule · rotuel · rotulle · routle · rrotule · rtoule
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rotule" and "roulée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rotule" or "roulée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rotule" and "roulée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rotule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rotule" and "roulée" 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 #34,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.