Ruffec
\ʁy.fɛk\
The verdict
“Ruffec” is uncommon French (frequency #98,450 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,450
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruffec · Ruffec · French
Ruffec · rank #98,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,450
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rubra
Nearest frequency peer: rubra (-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 « Ruffec »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- réchauffeur
réchauffeur
1,547 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ruffec » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ruffec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁy.fɛk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ruffec » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ruffec is uncommon French at frequency #98,450 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁy.fɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ruffec in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Ruffec, spelled R-U-F-F-E-C.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ruffec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Tu sais, en partant sur le coup de dix heures on aura largement le temps d’arriver pour déjeuner à Ruffec. — Ah ! oui, les truffes de l’Hôtel de France. Je les adore. — Oui, les truffes sous la cendre…
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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