Which to use
“rock” is a noun and “role” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,227
- “rock” frequency rank
- #10,958
- “role” frequency rank
- 12185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rock | role |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ver roque | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo rolar |
Letter map: rock vs role
Shared letters muted; letters that set rock and role apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for rock / role
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rock is anoun and roleaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rock is recorded at frequency rank #1,227, classified as anoun. role is at rank #10,958, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈxɔ.lɪ/.
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 12185, this pair ranks #60,487 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rock vs role
Shared letters: or. Private to "rock": ck. Private to "role": el.
"rock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "role" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rock" for "role" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rock" vs "role" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rock" and "role".
- Full dictionary entry for "rock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "role" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,487 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rock" and "role" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reles vs role". 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 #60,487 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.