Which to use
“roulis” and “routes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,150
- “roulis” frequency rank
- #2,542
- “routes” frequency rank
- 46692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roulis | routes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Balancement d’un navire qui roule, qui penche alternativement de droite à gauche et de gauche à droite. | Pluriel de route. |
Where the eye mixes roulis and routes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. roulis and routes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between roulis and routes
A purely visual mix-up. roulis (\ʁu.li\) and routes (\ʁut\) 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 46692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roulis is recorded at frequency rank #44,150, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.li\. routes is at rank #2,542, 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 46692, this pair ranks #192,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roulis vs routes
Shared letters: orsu. Private to "roulis": il. Private to "routes": et.
"roulis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "routes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roulis" and "routes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "roulis" vs "routes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "roulis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "routes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roulis" and "routes" 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 #192,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.