rosacée
\ʁo.za.se\
The verdict
“rosacée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Rosacées, dont les corolles se composent de pétales disposés comme ceux de la rose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rosacee · rosacée · French
rosacée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosacée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁo.za.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rosacée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rosacée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁo.za.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rosacée in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rosacée, spelled R-O-S-A-C-É-E.
Definition
- 1Plante de la famille des Rosacées, dont les corolles se composent de pétales disposés comme ceux de la rose.
- 2Autre nom de la couperose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rosacée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le pommier, le poirier, la ronce sont des rosacées.
La couperose et la rosacée sont deux affections cutanées distinctes, mais elles présentent un point commun : elles résultent d’une déficience de la microcirculation sanguine.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.