roué

\ʁwe\

/\ʁwe\/ adj

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The verdict

“roué” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,421
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roue · roué · French

roué · rank #46,421 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,421
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH routeurs

Nearest frequency peer: routeurs (-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 « roué »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « roué » 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).

roué vs ru
50% similar
roué vs rue
50% similar
roué vs roy
50% similar

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

Key facts for roué
PropertyValue
Headwordroué
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁwe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,421
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « roué »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rouése 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 « routeurs » (#46,420), « Rowan » (#46,422), « rotative » (#46,419). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roué » est au #46,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around roué (IPA \ʁwe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,421 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for roué, with forms such as "orué", "roue", and "roéu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ru", "rue", "roy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roué, spelled R-O-U-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert.
  2. 2
    Qui est sans principes, sans scrupules, dont la conduite est désordonnée.
  3. 3
    Qui a subi le supplice de la roue.
  4. 4
    Qui est rompu de fatigue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] la mère Paul était rouée et profitait des pièces qu’on lui remettait de temps en temps pour jurer qu’on avait dû se tromper en la gratifiant d’un jeton de bar.
  2. Commençons par les années d’après la joyeuse collaboration de la plupart des éditeurs français avec l’occupant nazi, quand les plus compromis et les plus faibles furent rachetés par plus roué ou plus gros.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orué
  • roue
  • roéu
  • rroué
  • ruoé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roué - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

orué2roue1roéu2rroué1ruoé2
Edit distance from "roué"

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 "roué"?
"roué" is spelled R-O-U-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁwe\.
What does "roué" mean?
As an adjective, "roué" means: Qualifie le bois du cerf, lorsqu’il est serré et peu ouvert.
What words are commonly confused with "roué"?
"roué" is commonly confused with "ru", "rue", "roy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roué"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roué" is \ʁwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roué" come from?
"roué" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sart#46,436scar#46,439rack#46,392Suze#46,469

Similar misspelling depth

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

santi5 variantsoust5 variantsordo5 variantszaza5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list