rougette

\ʁu.ʒɛt\

/\ʁu.ʒɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“rougette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de salade au feuillage vert marqué de rouge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rougette · rougette · French

rougette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for rougette
PropertyValue
Headwordrougette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁu.ʒɛt\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rougette » en français

rougettesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

rougette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu.ʒɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

rougette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rougette, spelled R-O-U-G-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de salade au feuillage vert marqué de rouge.
  2. 2
    Autre nom de la roussette à collet rouge (Pteropus subniger), espèce aujourd’hui éteinte de renard volant qui vivait autrefois à la Réunion et à l’île Maurice et dans les Mascareignes.
  3. 3
    Autre nom de la pomme de terre francine.
  4. 4
    Variété d’olive.
  5. 5
    Nom vernaculaire ancien de l’adventice culturale mélampyre des champs. (Melampyrum arvense).
  6. 6
    Cépage donnant du raisin noir, il ne fait pas partie des espèces autorisées en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rates, charlottes, la francine appelée aussi rougette, pompadour, belle-de-fontenay, timate… n’ont pas de secrets pour ce producteur passionné de pommes de terre.
  2. La rougette de l'Ardèche.

Synonyms

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 "rougette"?
"rougette" is spelled R-O-U-G-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.ʒɛt\.
What does "rougette" mean?
As a noun, "rougette" means: Sorte de salade au feuillage vert marqué de rouge.
How do you pronounce "rougette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rougette" is \ʁu.ʒɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rougette" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list