être dans le rouge
\ɛ.tʁə dɑ̃ lə ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“être dans le rouge” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir un solde débiteur à la banque, être endetté.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | être dans le rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ.tʁə dɑ̃ lə ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “être dans le rouge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for être dans le rouge is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ.tʁə dɑ̃ lə ʁuʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for être dans le rouge in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is être dans le rouge, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir un solde débiteur à la banque, être endetté.
- 2être en déficit
- 3Être déconsidéré par ses pairs ou par son supérieur hiérarchique.
- 4être dans un environnement (paysage, régime moteur) de couleur rouge
- 5indicateur subjectif par arbitrage
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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.
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Using “être dans le rouge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Ê-T-R-E- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -R-O-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ.tʁə dɑ̃ lə ʁuʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.