Which to use
“rouges” and “roulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,541
- “rouges” frequency rank
- #30,786
- “roulés” frequency rank
- 33327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rouges | roulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de rouge. | Masculin pluriel de roulé. |
Where the eye mixes rouges and roulés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rouges vs roulés
A purely visual mix-up. rouges (\ʁuʒ\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rouges is recorded at frequency rank #2,541, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁuʒ\. 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 33327, this pair ranks #291,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rouges vs roulés
Shared letters: orsu. Private to "rouges": eg. Private to "roulés": lé.
"rouges" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rouges ← oruges · rogues · rouegs · rougess · rougges · rougse · rrouges · ruoges
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rouges" for "roulés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rouges" or "roulés"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rouges" and "roulés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rouges" 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 #291,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rouges" and "roulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs roulés". 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 #291,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.