roussir
\ʁu.siʁ\
The verdict
“roussir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre roux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-roussir · roussir · French
roussir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | roussir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁu.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « roussir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
roussir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁu.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for roussir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 roussir, spelled R-O-U-S-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre roux.
- 2Devenir roux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roussir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et de son côté, le récent hiver a roussi les oliviers, dépenaillé les grands mimosas, pareils à des mâts dont les haubans sont coupés, et où pendent des paquets de vieilles voilures déralinguées.
La sécheuse idéale doit aussi être sûre pour tous les tissus, sans risque de brûlure, certaines sécheuses roussissent le linge ou l'exposent aux éléments chauffants.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.