# rouge

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹuːʒ/ · frequency rank #11,956

## Definitions
1. Of a reddish pink colour.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French rouge, from Latin rubeus. Compare rare Middle English rouge, rouȝ (“red”); later borrowed again, as it is not attested until c. 1750. The game senses are of unknown origin according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

## Easily confused with
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rug)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rue)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rule)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rude)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rowe)
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-ruse)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rout)
- **roux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-roux)
- **rune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rune)
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rove)
- **rube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rube)
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-round)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-route)
- **rough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rough)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-royce)
- **rouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-rouse)
- **routes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-routes)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-router)
- **routed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-routed)
- **roused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rouge-vs-roused)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oruge`, `roueg`, `rougge`, `rrouge`, `ruoge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rouge