rouquin

\ʁu.kɛ̃\

/\ʁu.kɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“rouquin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,509
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De la couleur roux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouquin · rouquin · French

rouquin · rank #41,509 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,509
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roulaient

Nearest frequency peer: roulaient (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouquin »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rouquin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rouquin vs requin
71% similar
rouquin vs roumain
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rouquin
PropertyValue
Headwordrouquin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁu.kɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,509
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouquin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rouquinse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roulaient » (#41,508), « ros » (#41,507), « récidivistes » (#41,511). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rouquin » est au #41,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rouquin (IPA \ʁu.kɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,509 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rouquin, with forms such as "oruquin", "roquuin", and "rouqiun". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "requin", "roumain", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rouquin, spelled R-O-U-Q-U-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    De la couleur roux.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’une personne qui a les cheveux roux. #AD4F09

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nos sorties au Bois pour lesquelles j’étais endimanchée tout en robes empesées, petits jupons et rubans cerises, je détestais ces accoutrements mais je supportais vaillamment cet inconfort afin de profiter de ces journées où je pouvais admirer la splendeur des jardins et parfois la fuite agile d’un écureuil rouquin.
  2. Un garçon rouquin.

This word in other languages

ginger(English)pelirrojo(Español)ruivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruquin
  • roquuin
  • rouqiun
  • rouqquin
  • rouquinn
  • rouquni
  • rouuqin
  • rrouquin
  • ruoquin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rouquin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oruquin2roquuin2rouqiun2rouqquin1rouquinn1rouquni2rouuqin2rrouquin1
Edit distance from "rouquin"

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 "rouquin"?
"rouquin" is spelled R-O-U-Q-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.kɛ̃\.
What does "rouquin" mean?
As an adjective, "rouquin" means: De la couleur roux.
What words are commonly confused with "rouquin"?
"rouquin" is commonly confused with "requin", "roumain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouquin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouquin" is \ʁu.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouquin" come from?
"rouquin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rouquin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réparés#41,516revival#41,502repliée#41,498sautait#41,529

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Saturn9 variantsRaynal9 variantsScheer9 variantsserval9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list