rougir

/[ʁu.ʒiʁ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,395

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

rougir is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre rouge ; peindre ou teindre en rouge. Pronounced [ʁu.ʒiʁ]. Often confused with rouler and rougis.

Key facts for rougir
PropertyValue
Headwordrougir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʁu.ʒiʁ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,395
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rougir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rougir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁu.ʒiʁ]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,395 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rougir, with forms such as "orugir", "roguir", and "rouggir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rouler", "rougis", "roulis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rougir, spelled R-O-U-G-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre rouge ; peindre ou teindre en rouge.
  2. 2
    Devenir rouge.
  3. 3
    Devenir rouge sous l'effet d'une chaleur extrême.
  4. 4
    Avoir la peau du visage qui devient rouge sous l’effet de l'émotion. → voir piquer un soleil
  5. 5
    Avoir honte ; éprouver de la confusion.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orugir,roguir,rouggir,rougirr,rougri,rouigr,rrougir,ruogir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rougir

Misspelling Variants of "rougir"

orugir6roguir6rouggir7rougirr7rougri6rouigr6rrougir7ruogir6
Misspelling Variants of "rougir"

Frequency rank: #19,395 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rougir"?
"rougir" is spelled R-O-U-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁu.ʒiʁ].
What does "rougir" mean?
As a verb, "rougir" means: Rendre rouge ; peindre ou teindre en rouge.
What words are commonly confused with "rougir"?
"rougir" is commonly confused with "rouler", "rougis", "roulis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rougir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rougir" is [ʁu.ʒiʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rougir" come from?
"rougir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.