rossa

\ʁɔ.sa\

/\ʁɔ.sa\/ verb

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The verdict

“rossa” is uncommon French (frequency #63,313 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,313
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rosser.

Key facts for rossa
PropertyValue
Headwordrossa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɔ.sa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rossa” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rossa lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rossa is uncommon French at frequency #63,313 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rosser.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rossa, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rossa, spelled R-O-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rosser.

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 "rossa"?
"rossa" is spelled R-O-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.sa\.
What does "rossa" mean?
As a verb, "rossa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rosser.
How do you pronounce "rossa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rossa" is \ʁɔ.sa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rossa" come from?
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Using “rossa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-O-S-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁɔ.sa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list