rouste
\ʁust\
The verdict
“rouste” is uncommon French (frequency #71,887 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,887
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volée de coups, punition corporelle. → voir branlée, dégelée, dérouillée, flopée, raclée et trempe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rouste · rouste · French
rouste · rank #71,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,887
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH roulantes
Nearest frequency peer: roulantes (-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 « rouste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rotatifs
rotatifs
28,117 corpus weight
- rottweiler
rottweiler
28,116 corpus weight
- roulantes
roulantes
28,115 corpus weight
- rouste
rouste
28,114 corpus weight
- réflexivité
réflexivité
28,113 corpus weight
- réfléchira
réfléchira
28,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rouste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rouste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁust\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rouste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rouste is uncommon French at frequency #71,887 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁust\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rouste in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rouste, spelled R-O-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Volée de coups, punition corporelle. → voir branlée, dégelée, dérouillée, flopée, raclée et trempe.
- 2Défaite sévère, correction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rouste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suprême élégance ou dernier scrupule, Blanchon ne s’attaquait qu’aux grands élèves. Sans doute croyait-il aussi qu’ils hésiteraient à pleurnicher, à révéler publiquement ces « roustes », à se plaindre, même, en haut lieu…
Pas besoin d'être une enfant gâtée pourrie pour vous mettre une rouste !
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); 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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