ronger

Name: ronger, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁɔ̃.ʒe\

/\ʁɔ̃.ʒe\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ronger” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,231
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entamer, déchiqueter avec les dents à fréquentes reprises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ronger · ronger · French

ronger · rank #31,231 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #31,231
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH Ronan

Nearest frequency peer: Ronan (-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.

Rivoli

68,773
rivés

68,772
Ronan

68,771
ronger

68,770
Rosen

68,769
rosette

68,768

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ronger vs rouge

67% similar

ronger vs rover

67% similar

ronger vs royer

67% similar

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

Key facts for ronger
Property	Value
Headword	ronger
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\ʁɔ̃.ʒe\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#31,231
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ronger »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rongerse place ici:

#31,231

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Ronan » (#31,230), « Rosen » (#31,232), « rivés » (#31,229). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ronger » est au #31,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ronger (IPA \ʁɔ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,231 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ronger, with forms such as "ornger", "rnoger", and "ronegr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rouge", "rover", "royer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ronger, spelled R-O-N-G-E-R.

Definition

1
Entamer, déchiqueter avec les dents à fréquentes reprises.
2
Miner, corroder ou consumer peu à peu, en parlant de certaines choses.
3
Inquiéter, tourmenter, en parlant d'un sentiment, d'une émotion.
4
Se faire du souci, s’inquiéter.
5
Dilapider, consumer le bien d’autrui.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Un chien qui ronge un os.
Les vers rongent le bois.

This word in other languages

gnaw(English)roer(Español)nagen(Deutsch)roer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ornger
rnoger
ronegr
rongerr
rongger
rongre
ronnger
rronger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ronger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "ronger"

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 "ronger"?

"ronger" is spelled R-O-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃.ʒe\.

What does "ronger" mean?

As a verb, "ronger" means: Entamer, déchiqueter avec les dents à fréquentes reprises.

What words are commonly confused with "ronger"?

"ronger" is commonly confused with "rouge", "rover", "royer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ronger"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ronger" is \ʁɔ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ronger" come from?

"ronger" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rivoli#31,228 Roxane#31,234 règnes#31,235 richer#31,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

rosette8 variants rivés8 variants récif8 variants racial8 variants