routes

\ʁut\

/\ʁut\/ noun

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The verdict

“routes” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,542
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de route.

Corpus desk

Index FR-routes · routes · French

routes · rank #2,542 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,542
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rouges

Nearest frequency peer: rouges (-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 « routes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « routes » 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).

routes vs rues
67% similar
routes vs rudes
67% similar
routes vs rules
67% similar

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

Key facts for routes
PropertyValue
Headwordroutes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁut\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,542
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « routes »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rouges » (#2,541), « réussir » (#2,543), « preuves » (#2,540). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « routes » est au #2,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around routes (IPA \ʁut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,542 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de route.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for routes, with forms such as "orutes", "rotues", and "rouets". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rues", "rudes", "rules", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is routes, spelled R-O-U-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de route.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’avais acheté une vieille 4L dont les cardans exténués rendaient d’inquiétants sons de castagnettes et je roulais des journées entières sur des routes où la mort guettait à chaque virage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orutes
  • rotues
  • rouets
  • routess
  • routse
  • routtes
  • rroutes
  • ruotes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of routes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

orutes2rotues2rouets2routess1routse2routtes1rroutes1ruotes2
Edit distance from "routes"

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 "routes"?
"routes" is spelled R-O-U-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁut\.
What does "routes" mean?
As a noun, "routes" means: Pluriel de route.
What words are commonly confused with "routes"?
"routes" is commonly confused with "rues", "rudes", "rules". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "routes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "routes" is \ʁut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "routes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "routes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rouges#2,541prenez#2,539ventes#2,550viande#2,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vierge8 variantsolivier8 variantsEmmanuel8 variantsessence8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list