ratoureux
\ʁa.tu.rø\
The verdict
“ratoureux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne rusée ou espiègle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ratoureux · ratoureux · French
ratoureux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | ratoureux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.tu.rø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ratoureux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ratoureux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.tu.rø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne rusée ou espiègle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ratoureux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ratoureux, spelled R-A-T-O-U-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Personne rusée ou espiègle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ratoureux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Rémillard : ...comme on dirait chez nous, à Baie-Saint-Paul, le député de Lac-Saint-Jean, il est « vlimeux ». Des voix : Ha, ha, ha! M. Rémillard : II est « vlimeux », il veut m'embarquer... M. Brassard : Vous, vous êtes « ratoureux ». Des voix : Ha, ha, ha! M. Rémillard : Ça, c'est au Lac-Saint-Jean. Ha, ha, ha! Un « vlimeux » vaut bien un « ratoureux ».
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.