ruche

/\ʁyʃ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,998

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ruche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de contenant où logent les abeilles. Pronounced \ʁyʃ\. Often confused with rue and rude.

Key facts for ruche
PropertyValue
Headwordruche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁyʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,998
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ruche in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ruche is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁyʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,998 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ruche, with forms such as "rcuhe", "rruche", and "rucche". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rue", "rude", "rush", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ruche, spelled R-U-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de contenant où logent les abeilles.
  2. 2
    Ce contenant, avec les abeilles qui sont dedans.
  3. 3
    Bande plissée d’étoffe, de tulle ou de dentelle qui sert d’ornement à différents ajustements dans la toilette des femmes.
  4. 4
    Foule de personnes.
  5. 5
    Grande agglomération, centre habité par une population nombreuse et active.
  6. 6
    Coiffure ruche, coiffure de femme qui ressemble à une ruche (cheveux longs et allongés).
  7. 7
    Paraphe compliqué généralement formé d’entrelacs et démontrant l’habilité du signataire à maîtriser l’écriture à la plume.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rcuhe,rruche,rucche,ruceh,ruchhe,ruhce,urche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ruche

Misspelling Variants of "ruche"

rcuhe5rruche6rucche6ruceh5ruchhe6ruhce5urche5
Misspelling Variants of "ruche"

Frequency rank: #15,998 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ruche"?
"ruche" is spelled R-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁyʃ\.
What does "ruche" mean?
As a noun, "ruche" means: Sorte de contenant où logent les abeilles.
What words are commonly confused with "ruche"?
"ruche" is commonly confused with "rue", "rude", "rush". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ruche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ruche" is \ʁyʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ruche" come from?
"ruche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.