rouge

\ʁuʒ\

/\ʁuʒ\/ adj

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The verdict

“rouge” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#622
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’une couleur semblable à celle du sang, du coquelicot, de la fraise, etc., dont la longueur d’onde dominante est comprise entre environ 625 et 740 nm. — #E01010 #FF0000 #FF0040 #FF2000 #85...

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouge · rouge · French

rouge · rank #622 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #622
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH sortie

Nearest frequency peer: sortie (+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 « rouge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rouge » 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).

rouge vs rue
60% similar
rouge vs roux
60% similar
rouge vs rude
60% similar

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

Key facts for rouge
PropertyValue
Headwordrouge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁuʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#622
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouge »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sortie » (#623), « présente » (#620), « auteur » (#624). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rouge » est au #622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around rouge (IPA \ʁuʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #622 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rouge, with forms such as "oruge", "roueg", and "rougge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rue", "roux", "rude", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rouge, spelled R-O-U-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’une couleur semblable à celle du sang, du coquelicot, de la fraise, etc., dont la longueur d’onde dominante est comprise entre environ 625 et 740 nm. — #E01010 #FF0000 #FF0040 #FF2000 #850606
  2. 2
    Fortement irrigué de sang, en parlant de la peau humaine.
  3. 3
    Dont le sentiment est à son paroxysme.
  4. 4
    Dont la température est telle que la couleur est rouge.
  5. 5
    Dont l’idéologie est symbolisée par un drapeau rouge, comme le communisme, l’extrême gauche, etc.
  6. 6
    Relatif aux peuples amérindiens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a des betteraves blanches, il y en a de jaunes, de rouges, et de marbrées, et quelquefois la pellicule est rouge et la chair est blanche.
  2. La façade était peinte en blanc et les arêtes de la corniche se rehaussaient d’un filet rouge qui en accentuait le profil.

Synonyms

bleu cerise

This word in other languages

red(English)rojo(Español)rot(Deutsch)vermelho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruge
  • roueg
  • rougge
  • rrouge
  • ruoge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rouge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oruge2roueg2rougge1rrouge1ruoge2
Edit distance from "rouge"

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 "rouge"?
"rouge" is spelled R-O-U-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁuʒ\.
What does "rouge" mean?
As an adjective, "rouge" means: Qui est d’une couleur semblable à celle du sang, du coquelicot, de la fraise, etc., dont la longueur d’onde dominante est comprise entre environ 625 et 740 nm. — #E01010 #FF0000 #FF0040 #FF2000 #85...
What words are commonly confused with "rouge"?
"rouge" is commonly confused with "rue", "roux", "rude". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouge" is \ʁuʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouge" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garde#613offre#633perdu#634photo#605

Similar misspelling depth

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

noir5 variantsbout5 variantsmode5 variantssauf5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list