Which to use
“verrouille” and “verrouiller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,115
- “verrouille” frequency rank
- #28,014
- “verrouiller” frequency rank
- 70129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verrouille | verrouiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de verrouiller. | Fermer au verrou. |
Where the eye mixes verrouille and verrouiller
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verrouille runs 10 letters (CVCCVVVCCV) against verrouiller's 11 (CVCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between verrouille and verrouiller
A purely visual mix-up. verrouille (\vɛ.ʁuj\) and verrouiller (\ve.ʁu.je\) 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 extra letter(s) - “verrouille” sits inside “verrouiller”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verrouille is recorded at frequency rank #42,115, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ.ʁuj\. verrouiller is at rank #28,014, tagged as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁu.je\.
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 70129, this pair ranks #52,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of verrouille vs verrouiller
Shared letters: eiloruv. Private to "verrouille": -. Private to "verrouiller": -.
"verrouille" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCV · "verrouiller" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verrouille ← evrrouille · veroruille · verouille · verroiulle · verrouile · verrouilel · verroulile · verruoille
- verrouiller ← evrrouiller · veroruiller · verouiller · verroiuller · verrouilelr · verrouiler · verrouillerr · verrouillre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verrouille" for "verrouiller" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "verrouille" or "verrouiller" show up more?
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 "verrouille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verrouiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verrouille" and "verrouiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verrouille vs verrouillée". 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 #52,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.