roux
/ɹuː/noun
roux is spelled R-O-U-X: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “roux vs rue” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, roux means “A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in roux?
| Letters | 4: R-O-U-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is roux?
Roux appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 roux?
- /ɹuː/
- /ɹuːz/
Roux has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-roux.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with roux
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: roo, rue (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does roux mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Roux in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | roux |
| German | Mehlschwitze, Einbrenn |
| Portuguese | roux |
| Spanish | roux |
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 roux come from?
Borrowed from French roux.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).