rouge à lèvres

\ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\

/\ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“rouge à lèvres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produit de maquillage coloré ou non (→ voir brillant à lèvres) pour souligner les lèvres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouge-a-levres · rouge à lèvres · French

rouge à lèvres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for rouge à lèvres
PropertyValue
Headwordrouge à lèvres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rouge à lèvres » en français

rouge à lèvresreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rouge à lèvres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rouge à lèvres, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rouge à lèvres, spelled R-O-U-G-E- -À- -L-È-V-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produit de maquillage coloré ou non (→ voir brillant à lèvres) pour souligner les lèvres.
  2. 2
    Bâtonnet gras pour se maquiller la bouche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai badigeonné mes lèvres d’1 couche de rouge à lèvres « Carmin profond » acheté il y a 20 ans pour le mariage d’une cousine. La longévité de ces choses ineptes, quand des vies valeureuses périssent chaque jour, ne laissera jamais de me confondre.
  2. Le rouge à lèvres laissait des demi-cercles sur les verres.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rouge à lèvres"?
"rouge à lèvres" is spelled R-O-U-G-E- -À- -L-È-V-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\.
What does "rouge à lèvres" mean?
As a noun, "rouge à lèvres" means: Produit de maquillage coloré ou non (→ voir brillant à lèvres) pour souligner les lèvres.
How do you pronounce "rouge à lèvres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouge à lèvres" is \ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouge à lèvres" come from?
"rouge à lèvres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list