Redoute
[ʁeˈduːtə]
The verdict
“Redoute” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raum für Fest-/Tanzveranstaltungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-redoute · Redoute · German
Redoute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Redoute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈduːtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Redoute“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Redoute is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈduːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Redoute doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Redoute, spelled R-E-D-O-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Raum für Fest-/Tanzveranstaltungen
- 2gesellschaftliche Veranstaltung mit Masken
- 3geschlossene, trapezförmige Festungsschanze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Redoute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er liebt die Kneipen, die Maskenbälle, die Redouten.“
„In der Disposition hiess es erstens, die an den von Napoleon ausgesuchten Stellen einzubauenden Batterien, das heisst also – die in gleiche Linie mit ihnen einzuordnenden Geschütze Pernettis und Fouchers mit eingerechnet – insgesamt hundertundzwei Geschütze hätten das Feuer zu eröffnen und die russischen Pfeilschanzen und die Redoute zu bombardieren.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.