rousses

\ʁus\

/\ʁus\/ adj

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The verdict

“rousses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,954
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de roux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rousses · rousses · French

rousses · rank #29,954 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,954
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roulante

Nearest frequency peer: roulante (-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 « rousses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rousses » 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).

rousses vs russe
71% similar
rousses vs russes
86% similar
rousses vs routes
71% similar

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

Key facts for rousses
PropertyValue
Headwordrousses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁus\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,954
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rousses »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roulante » (#29,953), « rouvre » (#29,955), « rocade » (#29,951). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rousses » est au #29,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rousses (IPA \ʁus\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,954 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de roux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rousses, with forms such as "orusses", "rosuses", and "rousess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "russe", "russes", "routes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rousses, spelled R-O-U-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de roux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un poulag moyen, dix mille pondeuses identiques, rousses et blanches, avec l’œil rond du concierge qui espère encore ses étrennes à Pâques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orusses
  • rosuses
  • rousess
  • roussess
  • roussse
  • rrousses
  • ruosses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rousses - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

orusses2rosuses2rousess2roussess1roussse2rrousses1ruosses2
Edit distance from "rousses"

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 "rousses"?
"rousses" is spelled R-O-U-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁus\.
What does "rousses" mean?
As an adjective, "rousses" means: Féminin pluriel de roux.
What words are commonly confused with "rousses"?
"rousses" is commonly confused with "russe", "russes", "routes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rousses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rousses" is \ʁus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rousses" come from?
"rousses" 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 "rousses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list