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.
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?
Frequency check: "rougis" vs "roulés" - which ranks higher?
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.