How to spell role

Role is spelled R-O-L-E.

hear itrole/roʊl/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The function or duty of a person.

In a sentence: The teacher has an important role in our classroom.

Not to be confused with: roll, a different word.

Same family: roles, role-play, role-playing, role-model, character. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Role comes from French "rôle," which originally meant a roll of paper listing an actor’s part in a play. Over time, it came to mean the part or function a person has in any situation, not just in the theater.

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