rosage

\ʁɔ.zaʒ\

/\ʁɔ.zaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“rosage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom commun du rhododendron.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rosage · rosage · French

rosage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for rosage
PropertyValue
Headwordrosage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.zaʒ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rosage » en français

rosagesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rosage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.zaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for rosage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rosage, spelled R-O-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom commun du rhododendron.
  2. 2
    Opération consistant à aviver la couleur des tissus passés à la garance.
  3. 3
    Technique permettant d'isoler les fibres du lin par humidification par la rosée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. le rhododendron était appelé rosage, terme qui a été conservé jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle.
  2. Le rouissage à la rosée, ou rosage, se fait du mois d'août au mois d'octobre. On étend les tiges sur une prairie dont l'herbe est serrée et courte, et on les retourne fréquemment sans les mêler. Quand la matière ligneuse, que l'on appelle la chènevotte, se détache facilement, on en conclut que l'opération est terminée ; elle dure de 30 à 40 jours suivant…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rosage"?
"rosage" is spelled R-O-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.zaʒ\.
What does "rosage" mean?
As a noun, "rosage" means: Ancien nom commun du rhododendron.
How do you pronounce "rosage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rosage" is \ʁɔ.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list