roquelaure

\ʁɔk.loʁ\

/\ʁɔk.loʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“roquelaure” is uncommon French (frequency #87,111 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,111
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au XVII^(ème) siècle, ample manteau qui s’arrêtait aux genoux et qui se boutonnait sur le devant. Elle a fait place aux redingotes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roquelaure · roquelaure · French

roquelaure · rank #87,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,111
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rougissant

Nearest frequency peer: rougissant (+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 « roquelaure »

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 « roquelaure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for roquelaure
PropertyValue
Headwordroquelaure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔk.loʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « roquelaure » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).roquelauretombe 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: « rougissant » (#87,112), « rondelet » (#87,109), « roussâtre » (#87,113). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roquelaure » est au #87,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roquelaure is uncommon French at frequency #87,111 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔk.loʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au XVII^(ème) siècle, ample manteau qui s’arrêtait aux genoux et qui se boutonnait sur le devant. Elle a fait place aux redingotes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for roquelaure in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is roquelaure, spelled R-O-Q-U-E-L-A-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Au XVII^(ème) siècle, ample manteau qui s’arrêtait aux genoux et qui se boutonnait sur le devant. Elle a fait place aux redingotes.

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 "roquelaure"?
"roquelaure" is spelled R-O-Q-U-E-L-A-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔk.loʁ\.
What does "roquelaure" mean?
As a noun, "roquelaure" means: Au XVII^(ème) siècle, ample manteau qui s’arrêtait aux genoux et qui se boutonnait sur le devant. Elle a fait place aux redingotes.
How do you pronounce "roquelaure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roquelaure" is \ʁɔk.loʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list