Which to use
“roulent” and “roulez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,990
- “roulent” frequency rank
- #29,126
- “roulez” frequency rank
- 46116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulent | roulez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler. |
Where the eye mixes roulent and roulez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. roulent runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against roulez's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: roulent vs roulez
A purely visual mix-up. roulent (\ʁul\) and roulez (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roulent is recorded at frequency rank #16,990, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁul\. 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 46116, this pair ranks #197,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roulent vs roulez
Shared letters: eloru. Private to "roulent": nt. Private to "roulez": z.
"roulent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "roulez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roulent" and "roulez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "roulent" vs "roulez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulent" 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 #197,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulent" and "roulez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rouble vs roulez". 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 #197,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.