rouléevsroulésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: roulée is a noun, roulés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“roulée” is a noun and “roulés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,701
“roulée” frequency rank
#30,786
“roulés” frequency rank
66487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roulée roulés
Definition Coups donnés à quelqu’un. Masculin pluriel de roulé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set roulée and roulés apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
roulée
6 ch
roulés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: roulée and roulés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁu.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “roulée” becomes s in “roulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

roulée is recorded at frequency rank #35,701, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.le\. 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 66487, this pair ranks #67,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of roulée vs roulés

Shared letters: lorué. Private to "roulée": e. Private to "roulés": s.

"roulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Frequency comparison

roulée#35,701
roulés#30,786

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "roulée" and "roulés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "roulée" is a noun and "roulés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "roulée" or "roulés"?
"roulés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,786 in our French list, against #35,701 for "roulée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering roulée vs roulés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “roulée”; for an adjective, it's “roulés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “roulée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list