ruisseler

\ʁɥis(.ə).le\

/\ʁɥis(.ə).le\/ verb

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The verdict

“ruisseler” is uncommon French (frequency #88,052 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,052
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couler en forme de ruisseau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ruisseler · ruisseler · French

ruisseler · rank #88,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,052
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH râper

Nearest frequency peer: râper (+2 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 « ruisseler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ruisseler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ruisseler
PropertyValue
Headwordruisseler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɥis(.ə).le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,052
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ruisseler » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ruisselertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « râper » (#88,054), « roulier » (#88,049), « Réau » (#88,055). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ruisseler » est au #88,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ruisseler is uncommon French at frequency #88,052 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɥis(.ə).le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for ruisseler in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ruisseler, spelled R-U-I-S-S-E-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couler en forme de ruisseau.
  2. 2
    Couler en manière de ruisseau, en parlant d'un liquide sur un corps quelconque.
  3. 3
    S’étendre tel un ruisseau.
  4. 4
    Déborder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des torrents d'eau, […], ruisselaient sur le cortège. Certains enfonçaient le cou dans leur macferlane, d'autres inclinaient leurs capuchons pointus.
  2. La pluie tombait si fort qu’on voyait l’eau ruisseler sur les trottoirs et sur la chaussée. — Le sang ruisselait de ses plaies.

Synonyms

coulerdégringouliner

This word in other languages

stream(English)plätschern(Deutsch)

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 "ruisseler"?
"ruisseler" is spelled R-U-I-S-S-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɥis(.ə).le\.
What does "ruisseler" mean?
As a verb, "ruisseler" means: Couler en forme de ruisseau.
How do you pronounce "ruisseler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ruisseler" is \ʁɥis(.ə).le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ruisseler" come from?
"ruisseler" 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 "ruisseler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

résignent#88,059revigorer#88,039saccagées#88,068sahariens#88,071

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list