robuste

\ʁɔ.byst\

/\ʁɔ.byst\/ adj

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The verdict

“robuste” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,663
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-robuste · robuste · French

robuste · rank #12,663 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,663
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rigolo

Nearest frequency peer: rigolo (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « robuste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « robuste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

robuste vs route
71% similar
robuste vs rousse
71% similar
robuste vs robustes
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for robuste
PropertyValue
Headwordrobuste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɔ.byst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,663
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « robuste »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).robustese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rigolo » (#12,662), « ruraux » (#12,664), « revendre » (#12,661). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « robuste » est au #12,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around robuste (IPA \ʁɔ.byst\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,663 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for robuste, with forms such as "orbuste", "rbouste", and "robbuste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "route", "rousse", "robustes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is robuste, spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
  2. 2
    Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
  3. 3
    Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’un programme informatique capable de fonctionner dans des conditions non nominales (erreur de saisie …).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le complet de serge laissait voir maintes traces d’usure, et les entournures trop larges faisaient paraître l’homme plus robuste qu’il n’était en réalité.
  2. Il connaissait Zaheira : elle était toute jeune et robuste, belle. Instruite aussi, ce dont il n'avait cure.

This word in other languages

robust(English)robusto(Español)fest(Deutsch)forte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orbuste
  • rbouste
  • robbuste
  • robsute
  • robuset
  • robusste
  • robustte
  • robutse
  • roubste
  • rrobuste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of robuste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

orbuste2rbouste2robbuste1robsute2robuset2robusste1robustte1robutse2
Edit distance from "robuste"

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 "robuste"?
"robuste" is spelled R-O-B-U-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.byst\.
What does "robuste" mean?
As an adjective, "robuste" means: Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
What words are commonly confused with "robuste"?
"robuste" is commonly confused with "route", "rousse", "robustes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "robuste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robuste" is \ʁɔ.byst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robuste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

raisins#12,651suffire#12,678préavis#12,646promets#12,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

paroisses10 variantséchouer10 variantsminable10 variantsamitiés10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list