rocailleux
\ʁɔ.ka.jø\
The verdict
“rocailleux” is uncommon French (frequency #54,856 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,856
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est plein de caillous.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rocailleux · rocailleux · French
rocailleux · rank #54,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,856
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH roar
Nearest frequency peer: roar (-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 « rocailleux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rinçage
rinçage
45,148 corpus weight
- roar
roar
45,146 corpus weight
- rocailleux
rocailleux
45,145 corpus weight
- Rochelais
Rochelais
45,144 corpus weight
- rococo
rococo
45,143 corpus weight
- rohingyas
rohingyas
45,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rocailleux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rocailleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ka.jø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rocailleux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rocailleux is uncommon French at frequency #54,856 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɔ.ka.jø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rocailleux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rocailleux, spelled R-O-C-A-I-L-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est plein de caillous.
- 2Dur, désagréable à l’oreille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rocailleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce bois était dominé par des sommets rocailleux.
L’agriculture y est d'un maigre profit : le sol est, en effet, tellement rocailleux, qu'il faut le cultiver avec la houe.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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