poisson rouge
\pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“poisson rouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de poisson d’eau douce, de la famille des cyprinidés (Cyprinidae) voisin du carassin commun, poisson d'ornement, élevé dans des bassins et des aquariums.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poisson rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poisson rouge” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poisson rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de poisson d’eau douce, de la famille des cyprinidés (Cyprinidae) voisin du carassin commun, poisson d'ornement, élevé dans des bassins et des aquariums.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for poisson rouge, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is poisson rouge, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de poisson d’eau douce, de la famille des cyprinidés (Cyprinidae) voisin du carassin commun, poisson d'ornement, élevé dans des bassins et des aquariums.
This word in other languages
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 “poisson rouge”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -R-O-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.