rouget

\ʁu.ʒɛ\

/\ʁu.ʒɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rouget” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,128
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à différents poissons de coloration rouge, et spécialement à un petit poisson de la méditerranée qui a deux longues barbes sous la mâchoire inférieure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouget · rouget · French

rouget · rank #43,128 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,128
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Romney

Nearest frequency peer: Romney (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouget »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rouget » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rouget vs route
67% similar
rouget vs roulé
50% similar
rouget vs rough
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rouget
PropertyValue
Headwordrouget
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁu.ʒɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,128
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouget »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rougetse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Romney » (#43,127), « routines » (#43,129), « rockets » (#43,126). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rouget » est au #43,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rouget (IPA \ʁu.ʒɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,128 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rouget, with forms such as "oruget", "roguet", and "rouegt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "route", "roulé", "rough", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rouget, spelled R-O-U-G-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à différents poissons de coloration rouge, et spécialement à un petit poisson de la méditerranée qui a deux longues barbes sous la mâchoire inférieure.
  2. 2
    Maladie infectieuse qui sévit sur les porcs, contagieuse, transmissible à l’être humain et caractérisée par des plaques rouges sur la peau.
  3. 3
    Cuivre rouge.
  4. 4
    Nom populaire de divers champignons, roses ou orangés, tels l’oronge, etc.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de aoûtat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les poissons qu'on y pêche sont d'un goût excellent; ceux qu'on estime le plus et qu'on rencontre le plus fréquemment, sont : le rouget, le maquereau, le loup, la sole, deux espèces de sardines enfin et sur-tout le mulet (vulgairement muge), dont nos pêcheurs distinguent aussi deux variétés.
  2. Il y avait encore des rougets de roche, à la chair exquise, du rouge enluminé des cyprins.

Synonyms

rouget-barbetrouget-grondinrouget de vasesurmulet

This word in other languages

Meerbarbe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruget
  • roguet
  • rouegt
  • rougett
  • rougget
  • rougte
  • rrouget
  • ruoget

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rouget - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oruget2roguet2rouegt2rougett1rougget1rougte2rrouget1ruoget2
Edit distance from "rouget"

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 "rouget"?
"rouget" is spelled R-O-U-G-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.ʒɛ\.
What does "rouget" mean?
As a noun, "rouget" means: Nom donné à différents poissons de coloration rouge, et spécialement à un petit poisson de la méditerranée qui a deux longues barbes sous la mâchoire inférieure.
What words are commonly confused with "rouget"?
"rouget" is commonly confused with "route", "roulé", "rough". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouget"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouget" is \ʁu.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouget" come from?
"rouget" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Romney#43,127saoulé#43,137sherry#43,143sigles#43,145

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sillonne8 variantsrayés8 variantspoulin8 variantstheft8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list