roussanne
\ʁu.san\
The verdict
“roussanne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cépage blanc cultivé dans les vignobles des Côtes du Rhône et de Savoie. Appelé aussi barbin en Savoie et roussette dans l’Ardèche, il sert à l'élaboration du vin blanc de l’Hermitage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roussanne · roussanne · French
roussanne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | roussanne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁu.san\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « roussanne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
roussanne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu.san\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage blanc cultivé dans les vignobles des Côtes du Rhône et de Savoie. Appelé aussi barbin en Savoie et roussette dans l’Ardèche, il sert à l'élaboration du vin blanc de l’Hermitage.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roussanne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is roussanne, spelled R-O-U-S-S-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cépage blanc cultivé dans les vignobles des Côtes du Rhône et de Savoie. Appelé aussi barbin en Savoie et roussette dans l’Ardèche, il sert à l'élaboration du vin blanc de l’Hermitage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how roussanne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’origine rhodanienne, la roussanne produit, en association avec la marsanne, les plus grands vins du nord de la vallée du Rhône, l’hermitage en particulier.
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