Which to use
“roulée” and “roulis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,701
- “roulée” frequency rank
- #44,150
- “roulis” frequency rank
- 79851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulée | roulis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coups donnés à quelqu’un. | Balancement d’un navire qui roule, qui penche alternativement de droite à gauche et de gauche à droite. |
Where the eye mixes roulée and roulis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: roulée vs roulis
A purely visual mix-up. roulée (\ʁu.le\) and roulis (\ʁu.li\) 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 79851, 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\. roulis is at rank #44,150, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.li\.
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 79851, this pair ranks #22,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roulée vs roulis
Shared letters: loru. Private to "roulée": eé. Private to "roulis": is.
"roulée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "roulis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roulis ← orulis · roluis · rouils · rouliss · roullis · roulsi · rroulis · ruolis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roulée" for "roulis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "roulée" vs "roulis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roulis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulée" and "roulis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rotules vs roulis". 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 #22,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.