roupiller

\ʁu.pi.je\

/\ʁu.pi.je\/ verb

The verdict

“roupiller” is uncommon French (frequency #85,237 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,237
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dormir ; faire un somme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roupiller · roupiller · French

roupiller · rank #85,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,237
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rosebud

Nearest frequency peer: rosebud (-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 « roupiller »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « roupiller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for roupiller
PropertyValue
Headwordroupiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁu.pi.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « roupiller » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).roupillertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « rosebud » (#85,236), « ruz » (#85,239), « RVB » (#85,240). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « roupiller » est au #85,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roupiller is uncommon French at frequency #85,237 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁu.pi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dormir ; faire un somme.".

roupiller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is roupiller, spelled R-O-U-P-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dormir ; faire un somme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il roupille à poings fermés.
  2. Il n’y a rien qui me berce comme le bruit de la pluie qui tombe. Je commence donc à roupiller.

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 "roupiller"?
"roupiller" is spelled R-O-U-P-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.pi.je\.
What does "roupiller" mean?
As a verb, "roupiller" means: Dormir ; faire un somme.
How do you pronounce "roupiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roupiller" is \ʁu.pi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roupiller" come from?
"roupiller" 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 "roupiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list