rosaire

\ʁo.zɛʁ\

/\ʁo.zɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“rosaire” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,335
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand chapelet consacré à la Vierge, composé de quinze dizaines de petits grains appelés ave, précédées chacune d’un grain plus gros appelé pater.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rosaire · rosaire · French

rosaire · rank #28,335 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,335
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roquefort

Nearest frequency peer: roquefort (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rosaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

rosaire vs rosalie
71% similar
rosaire vs refaire
71% similar
rosaire vs romaine
71% similar

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

Key facts for rosaire
PropertyValue
Headwordrosaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁo.zɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,335
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rosaire »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roquefort » (#28,334), « revendiquant » (#28,333), « réclamée » (#28,337). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rosaire » est au #28,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rosaire (IPA \ʁo.zɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,335 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rosaire, with forms such as "orsaire", "roasire", and "rosaier". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rosalie", "refaire", "romaine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rosaire, spelled R-O-S-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand chapelet consacré à la Vierge, composé de quinze dizaines de petits grains appelés ave, précédées chacune d’un grain plus gros appelé pater.
  2. 2
    Prière de dévotion catholique consistant à invoquer la Vierge Marie et à méditer sur les mystères de sa vie et de celle de son fils Jésus-Christ.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Messire ermite, quand vous seriez le plus saint de tous les ermites qui aient jamais porté la barbe ou compté les grains d’un rosaire, vous ne me déterminerez pas à suivre une telle route cette nuit.
  2. Elle priait à voix basse devant le chevalier, comme elle aurait pu faire devant le Christ ou devant un martyr, et tenait à la main un rosaire à grains d’ébène incrustés de nacre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orsaire
  • roasire
  • rosaier
  • rosairre
  • rosarie
  • rosiare
  • rossaire
  • rrosaire
  • rsoaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rosaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

orsaire2roasire2rosaier2rosairre1rosarie2rosiare2rossaire1rrosaire1
Edit distance from "rosaire"

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 "rosaire"?
"rosaire" is spelled R-O-S-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁo.zɛʁ\.
What does "rosaire" mean?
As a noun, "rosaire" means: Grand chapelet consacré à la Vierge, composé de quinze dizaines de petits grains appelés ave, précédées chacune d’un grain plus gros appelé pater.
What words are commonly confused with "rosaire"?
"rosaire" is commonly confused with "rosalie", "refaire", "romaine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rosaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rosaire" is \ʁo.zɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rosaire" come from?
"rosaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list