Which to use
“roué” and “roulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,421
- “roué” frequency rank
- #30,786
- “roulés” frequency rank
- 77207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roué | roulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert. | Masculin pluriel de roulé. |
Where the eye mixes roué and roulés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. roué runs 4 letters (CVVV) against roulés's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between roué and roulés
A purely visual mix-up. roué (\ʁwe\) and roulés (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roué is recorded at frequency rank #46,421, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁwe\. roulés is at rank #30,786, tagged as anadj, 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 77207, this pair ranks #29,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roué vs roulés
Shared letters: orué. Private to "roué": -. Private to "roulés": ls.
"roué" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roué" and "roulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "roué" or "roulés" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roué" and "roulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roué vs roya". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.