rouge-bord
\ʁuʒ.bɔʁ\
The verdict
“rouge-bord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verre de vin rouge plein à ras bord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rouge-bord · rouge-bord · French
rouge-bord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-bord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁuʒ.bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rouge-bord » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rouge-bord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁuʒ.bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verre de vin rouge plein à ras bord.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rouge-bord, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rouge-bord, spelled R-O-U-G-E---B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Verre de vin rouge plein à ras bord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rouge-bord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin te plaira-t-il de changer de langage ? Tu sors du cabaret, où quelques rouges-bords T'ont sans doute inspiré ces furieux transports.
Le Baron, quoiqu’il fût déjà un peu gris, ne put s’empêcher de porter à la santé des princesses un rouge-bord qui l’acheva.
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.