raout
\ʁa.ut\
The verdict
“raout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réunion, fête où l’on invite des personnes du monde, cocktail mondain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raout · raout · French
raout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | raout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ut\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raout » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for raout 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raout, spelled R-A-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Réunion, fête où l’on invite des personnes du monde, cocktail mondain.
- 2Rassemblement festif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N’allez-vous pas au raout de Madame d’Alvimare ?
Les mercredis faisaient raout : l’assemblée était nombreuse.
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.