roucoulade
\ʁu.ku.lad\
The verdict
“roucoulade” 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) - Bruit que font les pigeons et les tourterelles en roucoulant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roucoulade · roucoulade · French
roucoulade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | roucoulade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁu.ku.lad\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « roucoulade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
roucoulade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu.ku.lad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
roucoulade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is roucoulade, spelled R-O-U-C-O-U-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit que font les pigeons et les tourterelles en roucoulant.
- 2Parole douce, souvent répétitive ou peu nuancée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roucoulade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un pigeon ne passe pas inaperçu … ; mais je ne perçois pas plus de roucoulades que de symphonie de Beethoven dans les couloirs du métro. En fait de volaille, je ne perçois qu’un rossignol qui s’égosille sous les frais ombrages...
Il nous fait signe de rester immobiles, arrondit les lèvres, puis imite la roucoulade d’un oiseau chanteur.
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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.