rubra
\ʀˈu.bɾɐ\
The verdict
“rubra” is uncommon French (frequency #98,449 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,449
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de rubro.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rubra · rubra · French
rubra · rank #98,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,449
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Ruffec
Nearest frequency peer: Ruffec (+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 « rubra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rorquals
rorquals
1,556 corpus weight
- rouvres
rouvres
1,554 corpus weight
- rubra
rubra
1,552 corpus weight
- Ruffec
Ruffec
1,551 corpus weight
- runique
runique
1,550 corpus weight
- Russies
Russies
1,549 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rubra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rubra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʀˈu.bɾɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rubra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rubra is uncommon French at frequency #98,449 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʀˈu.bɾɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de rubro.".
rubra has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rubra, spelled R-U-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de rubro.
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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