Which to use
“route” and “ruée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #562
- “route” frequency rank
- #25,117
- “ruée” frequency rank
- 25679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | route | ruée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations. | Action de se ruer, se précipiter. Il se dit surtout en parlant de grandes masses. |
Where the eye mixes route and ruée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between route and ruée
A purely visual mix-up. route (\ʁut\) and ruée (\ʁɥe\) 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 25679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
route is recorded at frequency rank #562, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁut\. ruée is at rank #25,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɥe\.
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 25679, this pair ranks #339,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of route vs ruée
Shared letters: eru. Private to "route": ot. Private to "ruée": é.
"route" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "ruée" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- route ← orute · rotue · routte · rroute · ruote
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "route" for "ruée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "route" or "ruée"?
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 "route" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "route" and "ruée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rouet vs ruée". 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 #339,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.