rougisvsroulésTell them apart

Which to use

“rougis” and “roulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,258
“rougis” frequency rank
#30,786
“roulés” frequency rank
66044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rougis roulés
Definition Masculin pluriel de rougi. Masculin pluriel de roulé.

Where the eye mixes rougis and roulés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rougis and roulés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rougis
6 ch
roulés

Look-alike desk: rougis vs roulés

A purely visual mix-up. rougis (\ʁu.ʒi\) 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 66044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rougis is recorded at frequency rank #35,258, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁu.ʒi\. 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 66044, this pair ranks #69,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rougis vs roulés

Shared letters: orsu. Private to "rougis": gi. Private to "roulés": lé.

"rougis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rougis ← orugis · roguis · rouggis · rougiss · rougsi · rouigs · rrougis · ruogis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rougis" and "roulés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁu.ʒi\ versus \ʁu.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rougis" vs "roulés" - which ranks higher?
"roulés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,786 in our French list, against #35,258 for "rougis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rougis" 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 #69,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rougis" and "roulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rougis vs roulais". 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 #69,576 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list