roue
/ˈɹuːeɪ/noun
roue is spelled R-O-U-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, roue means “Alternative spelling of roué” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roue is roues or roués.
How many letters and syllables are in roue?
| Letters | 4: R-O-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is roue?
Roue appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce roue?
- /ˈɹuːeɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-roué.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with roue?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as roue.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: euro.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of roue
- roues plural
- roués plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of roué.
noun
- 1
A debauched or lecherous person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Roue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A debauched or lecherous person:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does roue come from?
Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).