robusta

\ʁɔ.bys.ta\

/\ʁɔ.bys.ta\/ noun

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The verdict

“robusta” is uncommon French (frequency #72,695 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,695
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbuste d’origine africaine, de la famille des Rubiacées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-robusta · robusta · French

robusta · rank #72,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,695
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roads

Nearest frequency peer: roads (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « robusta »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « robusta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for robusta
PropertyValue
Headwordrobusta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.bys.ta\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,695
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « robusta » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).robustatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « roads » (#72,694), « rivier » (#72,693), « Rolande » (#72,697). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « robusta » est au #72,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

robusta is uncommon French at frequency #72,695 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.bys.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for robusta, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is robusta, spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbuste d’origine africaine, de la famille des Rubiacées.
  2. 2
    Café produit à partir de cet arbuste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how robusta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le robusta, une des variétés du Canephora qui compte 50 variétés dont seulement cinq sont comestibles, est, comme son nom l’indique, plus robuste que l’arabica. Il pousse à l’état sauvage dans presque toutes les forêts de la zone tropicale africaine.
  2. Le robusta a un arôme moins développé, un goût plus amer et plus corsé que l’arabica. Il est moins apprécié des producteurs de café de qualité. De plus, le café robusta contient deux fois plus de caféine que l’arabica.

This word in other languages

robusta(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robusta"?
"robusta" is spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.bys.ta\.
What does "robusta" mean?
As a noun, "robusta" means: Arbuste d’origine africaine, de la famille des Rubiacées.
How do you pronounce "robusta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robusta" is \ʁɔ.bys.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robusta" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "robusta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rolande#72,697rosière#72,701Salieri#72,716sarcome#72,720

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list