île Rouge
\il ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“île Rouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Surnom de l’île de Madagascar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | île Rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \il ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “île Rouge” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
île Rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \il ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
île Rouge has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is île Rouge, spelled Î-L-E- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Surnom de l’île de Madagascar.
- 2Île située dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent, au Québec.
Synonyms
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 “île Rouge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Î-L-E- -R-O-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \il 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.