rudes

\ʁyd\

/\ʁyd\/ adj

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The verdict

“rudes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,517
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rudes · rudes · French

rudes · rank #26,517 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,517
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH riot

Nearest frequency peer: riot (-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 « rudes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rudes » 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).

rudes vs rue
60% similar
rudes vs rus
60% similar
rudes vs rues
80% similar

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

Key facts for rudes
PropertyValue
Headwordrudes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁyd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,517
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rudes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rudesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « riot » (#26,516), « rider » (#26,515), « référendums » (#26,519). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rudes » est au #26,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rudes (IPA \ʁyd\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,517 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rude.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rudes, with forms such as "rdues", "rrudes", and "ruddes". 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, "rue", "rus", "rues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rudes, spelled R-U-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au bout du compte, jeudi, après plusieurs semaines de rudes débats, l’Australie a adopté un plan ciblant les plus gros pollueurs de l’île-continent, dont les géants miniers Rio Tinto ou BHP.
  2. Les sables sont les matières que l’on mélange le plus habituellement à la chaux pour former les mortiers ; ils doivent être rudes au toucher et crier quand on les serre dans la main.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rdues
  • rrudes
  • ruddes
  • rudess
  • rudse
  • rueds
  • urdes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rudes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rdues2rrudes1ruddes1rudess1rudse2rueds2urdes2
Edit distance from "rudes"

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 "rudes"?
"rudes" is spelled R-U-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁyd\.
What does "rudes" mean?
As an adjective, "rudes" means: Pluriel de rude.
What words are commonly confused with "rudes"?
"rudes" is commonly confused with "rue", "rus", "rues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rudes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rudes" is \ʁyd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rudes" come from?
"rudes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rider#26,515pulpe#26,490Tariq#26,558Paule#26,464

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

puceau7 variantstueuse7 variantsmuros7 variantsmolles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list