Which to use
“roulait” and “roulent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,973
- “roulait” frequency rank
- #16,990
- “roulent” frequency rank
- 36963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulait | roulent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rouler. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler. |
Where the eye mixes roulait and roulent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: roulait vs roulent
A purely visual mix-up. roulait (\ʁu.lɛ\) and roulent (\ʁul\) 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 36963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roulait is recorded at frequency rank #19,973, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁu.lɛ\. roulent is at rank #16,990, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁul\.
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 36963, this pair ranks #265,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roulait vs roulent
Shared letters: lortu. Private to "roulait": ai. Private to "roulent": en.
"roulait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "roulent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roulait" for "roulent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "roulait" vs "roulent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulait" and "roulent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roulais vs roulait". 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 #265,851 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.