Rouy
\ʁu.i\
The verdict
“Rouy” is uncommon French (frequency #94,220 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,220
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française du département de la Nièvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rouy · Rouy · French
Rouy · rank #94,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,220
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rorqual
Nearest frequency peer: rorqual (-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 « Rouy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- romi
romi
5,784 corpus weight
- rompez
rompez
5,783 corpus weight
- rorqual
rorqual
5,782 corpus weight
- Rouy
Rouy
5,781 corpus weight
- royans
royans
5,780 corpus weight
- Ruanda
Ruanda
5,779 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rouy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rouy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁu.i\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rouy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rouy is uncommon French at frequency #94,220 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁu.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française du département de la Nièvre.".
Rouy has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Rouy, spelled R-O-U-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française du département de la Nièvre.
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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