roulésvsrouteWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,786
“roulés” frequency rank
#562
“route” frequency rank
31348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roulés route
Definition Masculin pluriel de roulé. Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set roulés and route apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
roulés
5 ch
route

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: roulés is \ʁu.le\ while route is \ʁut\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31348, 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\. route is at rank #562, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁut\.

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 31348, this pair ranks #304,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of roulés vs route

Shared letters: oru. Private to "roulés": lsé. Private to "route": et.

"roulés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "route" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • routeorute · rotue · routte · rroute · ruote

Frequency comparison

roulés#30,786
route#562

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "roulés" and "route" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "roulés" is an adjective and "route" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "roulés" or "route"?
"route" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #562 in our French list, against #30,786 for "roulés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering roulés vs route

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “roulés”; for a noun, it's “route”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “roulés” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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