Which to use
“roulés” is an adjective and “roulez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,786
- “roulés” frequency rank
- #29,126
- “roulez” frequency rank
- 59912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulés | roulez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de roulé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rouler. |
Same sound, different letters: roulés vs roulez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - roulés / roulez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: roulés and roulez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁu.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, 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 59912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roulés is recorded at frequency rank #30,786, classified as anadj, 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 59912, this pair ranks #100,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roulés vs roulez
Shared letters: loru. Private to "roulés": sé. Private to "roulez": ez.
"roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "roulez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roulez ← orulez · roluez · rouelz · roulezz · roullez · roulze · rroulez · ruolez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roulés" for "roulez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "roulés" vs "roulez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulés" 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 #100,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulés" and "roulez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs roulés". 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 #100,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.