roulière
\ʁu.ljɛʁ\
The verdict
“roulière” 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) - Blouse des rouliers ou des conducteurs de grosses messageries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rouliere · roulière · French
roulière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roulière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁu.ljɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
roulière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu.ljɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for roulière in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roulière, spelled R-O-U-L-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Blouse des rouliers ou des conducteurs de grosses messageries.
- 2Trace creusée dans un chemin ni pavé, ni revêtu, par le passage des roues ; ornière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roulière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luizzi la soutenait dans ses bras en protégeant sa tête contre le mouvement et les cahots de la voiture ; il l'enveloppa dans la roulière et la contempla ainsi pâle, froide, presque mourante.
On tailla deux vêtements noirs pour les enfants dans une vieille roulière de leur père, et la vie, la triste vie recommença.
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.