rôtissoire

\ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\

/\ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“rôtissoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ustensile de cuisine qui sert à rôtir la viande, ou rôtisseuse (rare).

Corpus desk

Index FR-rotissoire · rôtissoire · French

rôtissoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for rôtissoire
PropertyValue
Headwordrôtissoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rôtissoire » en français

rôtissoiresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rôtissoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rôtissoire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rôtissoire, spelled R-Ô-T-I-S-S-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ustensile de cuisine qui sert à rôtir la viande, ou rôtisseuse (rare).
  2. 2
    Outil de réparation automobile permettant de faire pivoter facilement un châssis ou une carrosserie pour y travailler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est un bon serviteur qui ne m’a jamais volé le moindre morceau de dinde ni d’oie. Il se contentait pour prix de sa peine de lécher la rôtissoire. Mais il se fait vieux. Sa patte devient raide, il n’y voit goutte et ne vaut plus rien pour tourner la manivelle.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rôtissoire"?
"rôtissoire" is spelled R-Ô-T-I-S-S-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\.
What does "rôtissoire" mean?
As a noun, "rôtissoire" means: Ustensile de cuisine qui sert à rôtir la viande, ou rôtisseuse (rare).
How do you pronounce "rôtissoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rôtissoire" is \ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rôtissoire" come from?
"rôtissoire" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list