rottweiler

\ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\

/\ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“rottweiler” is uncommon French (frequency #71,885 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,885
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race de chien bouvier, de type molossoïde, originaire d'Allemagne, utilisée historiquement pour garder les troupeaux, robuste, à l'aspect trapu et vigoureux, à robe noir et feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rottweiler · rottweiler · French

rottweiler · rank #71,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,885
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rotatifs

Nearest frequency peer: rotatifs (-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 « rottweiler »

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 « rottweiler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rottweiler
PropertyValue
Headwordrottweiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,885
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rottweiler » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rottweilertombe 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: « rotatifs » (#71,884), « roulantes » (#71,886), « rol » (#71,883). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rottweiler » est au #71,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rottweiler is uncommon French at frequency #71,885 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de chien bouvier, de type molossoïde, originaire d'Allemagne, utilisée historiquement pour garder les troupeaux, robuste, à l'aspect trapu et vigoureux, à robe noir et feu.".

Zero misspellings are on record for rottweiler in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rottweiler, spelled R-O-T-T-W-E-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race de chien bouvier, de type molossoïde, originaire d'Allemagne, utilisée historiquement pour garder les troupeaux, robuste, à l'aspect trapu et vigoureux, à robe noir et feu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À trois mètres, le rottweiler pousse sur ses pattes arrière, puis disparaît dans les épis battus par les pales de l’hélico.

Synonyms

bouvier allemand

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rottweiler"?
"rottweiler" is spelled R-O-T-T-W-E-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\.
What does "rottweiler" mean?
As a noun, "rottweiler" means: Race de chien bouvier, de type molossoïde, originaire d'Allemagne, utilisée historiquement pour garder les troupeaux, robuste, à l'aspect trapu et vigoureux, à robe noir et feu.
How do you pronounce "rottweiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rottweiler" is \ʁɔt.vaj.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rottweiler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rottweiler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list