rouge à lèvres
\ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rouge à lèvres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁuʒ‿a.lɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rouge à lèvres » en français
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
- 1Produit de maquillage coloré ou non (→ voir brillant à lèvres) pour souligner les lèvres.
- 2Bâtonnet gras pour se maquiller la bouche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rouge à lèvres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.