roué
/ˈɹuːeɪ/
"roue" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roué” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A debauched or lecherous person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-roue · roué · English
roué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | roué |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹuːeɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “roué” in English
Rare enough to double-check
roué is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹuːeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A debauched or lecherous person.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roué, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate. The correct English form is roué, spelled R-O-U-É.
Definition
- 1A debauched or lecherous person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A taste and knowledge of wines and cookery appears to them to be the sign of an accomplished roué and manly gentleman.
The old roué, twice married and patriarch of an extended family, never concealed the fact that he was “a ladies’ man”.
Etymology
Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.
This word in other languages
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.