roussin
\ʁu.sɛ̃\
The verdict
“roussin” is uncommon French (frequency #64,060 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,060
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheval entier, un peu épais, et entre deux tailles, dont on se servait à la chasse et à la guerre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roussin · roussin · French
roussin · rank #64,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,060
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH roupie
Nearest frequency peer: roupie (-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 « roussin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- roturiers
roturiers
35,944 corpus weight
- rougeâtres
rougeâtres
35,943 corpus weight
- roupie
roupie
35,942 corpus weight
- roussin
roussin
35,941 corpus weight
- réacs
réacs
35,939 corpus weight
- réactives
réactives
35,938 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « roussin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roussin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁu.sɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « roussin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
roussin is uncommon French at frequency #64,060 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu.sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for roussin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 roussin, spelled R-O-U-S-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Cheval entier, un peu épais, et entre deux tailles, dont on se servait à la chasse et à la guerre.
- 2Variante de roussin de la Hague (race de moutons).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roussin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kobus, après avoir passé son inspection, choisit deux vigoureux roussins gris pommelés.
Le samedi, particulièrement jour où de partout accourus, et des villages riverains du fleuve et des hameaux perchés à la crête des monts, les varlets de ferme affluent sur les places et dans les rues, aiguillonnant, ceux-ci, une paire de petits bœufs secs et nerveux, cinglant, ceux-là, une attelée de roussins pileux, et d’autres chassant devant eux, à cou…
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.
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