Which to use
“rotule” and “route” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,517
- “rotule” frequency rank
- #562
- “route” frequency rank
- 40079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rotule | route |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit os plat, triangulaire, à angles arrondis, placé en avant du genou, à l’endroit où le fémur s’articule avec le tibia. | Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations. |
Where the eye mixes rotule and route
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between rotule and route
A purely visual mix-up. rotule (\ʁɔ.tyl\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40079, 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\. 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 40079, this pair ranks #243,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rotule vs route
Shared letters: eortu. Private to "rotule": l. Private to "route": -.
"rotule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "route" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rotule" and "route" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rotule" or "route" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rotule" 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 #243,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rotule" and "route" 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 #243,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.