rôtissoire
\ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rôtissoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ti.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Ustensile de cuisine qui sert à rôtir la viande, ou rôtisseuse (rare).
- 2Outil de réparation automobile permettant de faire pivoter facilement un châssis ou une carrosserie pour y travailler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rôtissoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.