rouge-gorge
\ʁuʒ.ɡɔʁʒ\
The verdict
“rouge-gorge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit oiseau passereau dont la gorge et la poitrine sont de couleur orange foncé tirant vers le rouge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rouge-gorge · rouge-gorge · French
rouge-gorge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-gorge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁuʒ.ɡɔʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rouge-gorge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rouge-gorge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁuʒ.ɡɔʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rouge-gorge, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rouge-gorge, spelled R-O-U-G-E---G-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de petit oiseau passereau dont la gorge et la poitrine sont de couleur orange foncé tirant vers le rouge.
- 2Merle d’Amérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rouge-gorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors, plus discret, le chant du rouge-gorge se dissimule au fond du fourré, une légère brise rend les feuilles horizontales ; […].
C’était un rouge-gorge, un charmant rouge-gorge ! Comme à foison, Le froid, ce vieux brigand des forêts, en égorge Chaque saison.
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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.