roster

\ʁɔs.te\

/\ʁɔs.te\/ verb

The verdict

“roster” is uncommon French (frequency #54,864 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,864
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garnir un bouton de points d’or ou d’argent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roster · roster · French

roster · rank #54,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,864
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rosbif

Nearest frequency peer: rosbif (-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 « roster »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « roster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for roster
PropertyValue
Headwordroster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɔs.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « roster » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rostertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rosbif » (#54,863), « Ruf » (#54,865), « rooms » (#54,862). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roster » est au #54,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roster is uncommon French at frequency #54,864 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔs.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roster, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is roster, spelled R-O-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garnir un bouton de points d’or ou d’argent.
  2. 2
    Lier deux pièces de bois par une corde roulée autour et formant des anneaux très rapprochés.

Synonyms

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 "roster"?
"roster" is spelled R-O-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔs.te\.
What does "roster" mean?
As a verb, "roster" means: Garnir un bouton de points d’or ou d’argent.
How do you pronounce "roster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roster" is \ʁɔs.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roster" come from?
"roster" 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 "roster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list