Which to use
“roulée” is a noun and “roulez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,701
- “roulée” frequency rank
- #29,126
- “roulez” frequency rank
- 64827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulée | roulez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coups donnés à quelqu’un. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler. |
Same sound, different letters: roulée vs roulez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - roulée and roulez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: roulée and roulez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁu.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64827, 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\. roulez is at rank #29,126, tagged as averb, 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 64827, this pair ranks #75,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roulée vs roulez
Shared letters: eloru. Private to "roulée": é. Private to "roulez": z.
"roulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "roulez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roulez ← orulez · roluez · rouelz · roulezz · roullez · roulze · rroulez · ruolez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "roulée" / "roulez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulée" and "roulez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs roulée". 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 #75,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.