roucouler
\ʁu.ku.le\
The verdict
“roucouler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre, en parlant des pigeons et des tourterelles, un murmure tendre, doux et monotone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roucouler · roucouler · French
roucouler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | roucouler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁu.ku.le\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
roucouler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁu.ku.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for roucouler, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 roucouler, spelled R-O-U-C-O-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre, en parlant des pigeons et des tourterelles, un murmure tendre, doux et monotone.
- 2Tenir des propos tendres et langoureux.
- 3Chanter ou parler tendrement, doucement et de façon monotone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roucouler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En même temps, les moutons bêlent, les chevaux hennissent, les vaches beuglent, les pigeons roucoulent, les porcs grouinent, et les poules suivies des coqs s'envolent en caquetant.
Tout autour de la jeune femme, les pigeons voletaient, roucoulaient. Les mâles, empressés, la gorge gonflée, saluaient jusqu'à terre les femelles.
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.