rougi
\ʁu.ʒi\
The verdict
“rougi” is uncommon French (frequency #63,315 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,315
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est devenu, même légèrement, rouge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rougi · rougi · French
rougi · rank #63,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,315
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rougerie
Nearest frequency peer: Rougerie (-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 « rougi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rosas
rosas
36,689 corpus weight
- rossa
rossa
36,688 corpus weight
- Rougerie
Rougerie
36,687 corpus weight
- rougi
rougi
36,686 corpus weight
- Rougier
Rougier
36,685 corpus weight
- routinière
routinière
36,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rougi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rougi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁu.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rougi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rougi is uncommon French at frequency #63,315 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁu.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rougi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rougi, spelled R-O-U-G-I.
Definition
- 1Qui est devenu, même légèrement, rouge.
- 2Coloré d’un peu de vin rouge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rougi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les hommes qui nous accompagnaient, étaient petits, trapus, cuivrés et ornés d’épais cheveux noirs. […] Plusieurs avaient la peau rougie par une couche de rocou, et la figure bariolée de tatouages bleus.
Déjà, autour du cadavre, les voisins s’affairaient pour sa dernière toilette. À terre, une bassine d’eau rougie, ses vêtements maculés, […].
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.
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