rouge comme une pivoine

\ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\

/\ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\/ adj

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The verdict

“rouge comme une pivoine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très rouge en parlant du visage d'une personne.

Key facts for rouge comme une pivoine
PropertyValue
Headwordrouge comme une pivoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rouge comme une pivoine” sits in French frequency

rouge comme une pivoine falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

rouge comme une pivoine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très rouge en parlant du visage d'une personne.".

No misspelling variants are generated for rouge comme une pivoine in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rouge comme une pivoine, spelled R-O-U-G-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très rouge en parlant du visage d'une personne.

Synonyms

rouge comme une tomaterouge comme un coq

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 comme une pivoine"?
"rouge comme une pivoine" is spelled R-O-U-G-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\.
What does "rouge comme une pivoine" mean?
As an adjective, "rouge comme une pivoine" means: Très rouge en parlant du visage d'une personne.
How do you pronounce "rouge comme une pivoine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouge comme une pivoine" is \ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “rouge comme une pivoine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-O-U-G-E- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -P-I-V-O-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁuʒ kɔ.m‿yn pi.vwan\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list