roteux
\ʁɔ.tø\
The verdict
“roteux” 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) - Hot-dog.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roteux · roteux · French
roteux · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.tø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « roteux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
roteux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roteux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 roteux, spelled R-O-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Hot-dog.
- 2Champagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roteux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour un deuxième été consécutif, fortes sont les chances qu’on doive remplacer les gondoles de Venise par les pédalos de Venise-en-Québec. Et un pasta e fagioli à la place St-Marc par un roteux moutarde relish chez Charlotte.
Mettre du ketchup sur un roteux.
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.