rouages

\ʁwaʒ\

/\ʁwaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rouages” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,154
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rouage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouages · rouages · French

rouages · rank #21,154 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,154
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rotterdam

Nearest frequency peer: Rotterdam (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouages »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rouages » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rouages vs rouge
71% similar
rouages vs rouges
86% similar
rouages vs routes
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rouages
PropertyValue
Headwordrouages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁwaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,154
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rouagesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Rotterdam » (#21,153), « rubans » (#21,155), « Robbie » (#21,152). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rouages » est au #21,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rouages (IPA \ʁwaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,154 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rouage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rouages, with forms such as "oruages", "roauges", and "rouaegs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "rouge", "rouges", "routes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rouages, spelled R-O-U-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rouage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Deux voies s’offraient. Ou bien intégrer le néo-capitalisme au socialisme et chercher à dominer les rouages de l’Etat, « socialistiser » plutôt que socialiser : c’était la solution proposée plus ou moins clairement par MM. Simonet, Leburton et Falize.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruages
  • roauges
  • rouaegs
  • rouagess
  • rouagges
  • rouagse
  • rougaes
  • rrouages
  • ruoages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rouages - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oruages2roauges2rouaegs2rouagess1rouagges1rouagse2rougaes2rrouages1
Edit distance from "rouages"

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 "rouages"?
"rouages" is spelled R-O-U-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁwaʒ\.
What does "rouages" mean?
As a noun, "rouages" means: Pluriel de rouage.
What words are commonly confused with "rouages"?
"rouages" is commonly confused with "rouge", "rouges", "routes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouages" is \ʁwaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouages" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rimbaud#21,151résumés#21,161sadique#21,162replier#21,145

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rubans9 variantssiffler9 variantsrelayé9 variantsSunday9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list