rugueux

\ʁy.ɡø\

/\ʁy.ɡø\/ adj

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The verdict

“rugueux” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,706
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est rude au toucher, qui présente de petites aspérités.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rugueux · rugueux · French

rugueux · rank #31,706 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,706
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rudolf

Nearest frequency peer: Rudolf (-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 « rugueux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rugueux » 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).

rugueux vs rageux
71% similar
rugueux vs rigueur
71% similar
rugueux vs rugueuse
75% similar

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

Key facts for rugueux
PropertyValue
Headwordrugueux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁy.ɡø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,706
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rugueux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rugueuxse 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 « Rudolf » (#31,705), « russ » (#31,707), « rudimentaire » (#31,704). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rugueux » est au #31,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rugueux (IPA \ʁy.ɡø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,706 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rugueux, with forms such as "rguueux", "rrugueux", and "rugeuux". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rageux", "rigueur", "rugueuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rugueux, spelled R-U-G-U-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est rude au toucher, qui présente de petites aspérités.
  2. 2
    Désagréable.
  3. 3
    Qui est d'un caractère difficile, brusque ; qui manque d'amabilité ou de modération dans ses rapports avec autrui.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle saisit le feuillage d’une façon très-singulière, faisant sortir pour cet effet une langue longue, rugueuse, très-étroite et noire, en l’entortillant autour de l’objet qu’elle convoîte.
  2. Plongeant l’éponge dans une jarre d’huile, elle en caressa jusqu’au cou sa maîtresse avant de la frotter avec une étoffe rugueuse qui fit rougir sa peau assouplie.

Synonyms

râpeux

Antonyms

doux

This word in other languages

rough(English)rugoso(Español)uneben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rguueux
  • rrugueux
  • rugeuux
  • ruggueux
  • rugueuxx
  • ruguexu
  • ruguuex
  • ruugeux
  • urgueux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rugueux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rguueux2rrugueux1rugeuux2ruggueux1rugueuxx1ruguexu2ruguuex2ruugeux2
Edit distance from "rugueux"

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 "rugueux"?
"rugueux" is spelled R-U-G-U-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁy.ɡø\.
What does "rugueux" mean?
As an adjective, "rugueux" means: Qui est rude au toucher, qui présente de petites aspérités.
What words are commonly confused with "rugueux"?
"rugueux" is commonly confused with "rageux", "rigueur", "rugueuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rugueux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rugueux" is \ʁy.ɡø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rugueux" come from?
"rugueux" 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 "rugueux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rossini#31,701résigné#31,714Reynaud#31,696révolue#31,722

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Rudolf9 variantsrounds9 variantsreplié9 variantssalins9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list