rosser
\ʁɔ.se\
The verdict
“rosser” is uncommon French (frequency #76,990 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,990
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Battre quelqu’un violemment, le rouer de coups.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rosser · rosser · French
rosser · rank #76,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,990
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH romps
Nearest frequency peer: romps (-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 « rosser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rogan
rogan
23,013 corpus weight
- romps
romps
23,012 corpus weight
- rosser
rosser
23,011 corpus weight
- Rouches
Rouches
23,010 corpus weight
- roulons
roulons
23,009 corpus weight
- rouvrent
rouvrent
23,008 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rosser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.se\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rosser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rosser is uncommon French at frequency #76,990 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rosser has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rosser, spelled R-O-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Battre quelqu’un violemment, le rouer de coups.
- 2Battre à plate couture ; vaincre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rosser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peuple, songe bien que si par ta faute et par défaut de courage il arrivoit qu'on te foutît sec sur la gueule , tu serois esclave et soumis à tous les caprices de celui qui t’auroit rossé comme un jeanfoutre.
Pierre. – Aidez-moi, mes amis ; rossons cette canaille.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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