feu rouge
\fø ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“feu rouge” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lanterne de lumière rouge pour situer la position d'un navire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feu rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feu rouge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for feu rouge is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fø 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.
feu rouge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is feu rouge, spelled F-E-U- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Lanterne de lumière rouge pour situer la position d'un navire.
- 2Feu tricolore en phase rouge, imposant au conducteur d'immobiliser son véhicule.
- 3(Par métonymie) Durée de la phase rouge d'un feu de circulation.
- 4Interdiction.
- 5Arrêt, interruption.
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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 “feu rouge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-U- -R-O-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fø ʁuʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.