ragougnasse
\ʁa.ɡu.ɲas\
The verdict
“ragougnasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvaise cuisine, nourriture indigeste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ragougnasse · ragougnasse · French
ragougnasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ragougnasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ɡu.ɲas\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ragougnasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ragougnasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ɡu.ɲas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ragougnasse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ragougnasse, spelled R-A-G-O-U-G-N-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvaise cuisine, nourriture indigeste.
- 2Mauvais article de la presse, orale ou écrite ; propos bêtes et convenus des journaux ou de la radio. Plus largement : propos incohérents ou incompréhensibles.
- 3Mauvais cheval ; rosse ; canasson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ragougnasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paulo, qu’une truite meunière a comblé, est en train de s’expliquer avec un sauté de veau, sans nul rapport avec les ragougnasses de broutard traitées à la margarine qu’on lui a souvent servies sous cette étiquette dans les bourre-cochons que seul son morlingue déficient l’autorisait à fréquenter.
Avant de les punir, il faudrait déjà leur expliquer que la ragougnasse servie à la cantine, ne sert pas à se défouler mais bien à se nourrir.
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.