rougeâtres

\ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\

/\ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“rougeâtres” is uncommon French (frequency #64,058 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,058
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rougeâtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rougeatres · rougeâtres · French

rougeâtres · rank #64,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,058
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roturiers

Nearest frequency peer: roturiers (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « rougeâtres »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rougeâtres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rougeâtres
PropertyValue
Headwordrougeâtres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rougeâtres » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rougeâtrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « roturiers » (#64,057), « roupie » (#64,059), « roturier » (#64,056). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rougeâtres » est au #64,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rougeâtres is uncommon French at frequency #64,058 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de rougeâtre.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rougeâtres, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rougeâtres, spelled R-O-U-G-E-Â-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rougeâtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le front pointu, mal caché par des cheveux plats, rares, et qui tombaient comme des filaments de verre soufflé, couronnait par des rugosités rougeâtres une face grimaude.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rougeâtres"?
"rougeâtres" is spelled R-O-U-G-E-Â-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\.
What does "rougeâtres" mean?
As an adjective, "rougeâtres" means: Pluriel de rougeâtre.
How do you pronounce "rougeâtres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rougeâtres" is \ʁu.ʒɑtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rougeâtres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list