rumeur

\ʁy.mœʁ\

/\ʁy.mœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rumeur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,233
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit confus d’un certain nombre de voix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rumeur · rumeur · French

rumeur · rank #6,233 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,233
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reçois

Nearest frequency peer: reçois (-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 « rumeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rumeur » 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).

rumeur vs rumeurs
86% similar
rumeur vs ruer
67% similar
rumeur vs ramer
67% similar

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

Key facts for rumeur
PropertyValue
Headwordrumeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁy.mœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,233
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rumeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rumeurse 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 « reçois » (#6,232), « régionaux » (#6,234), « restés » (#6,231). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rumeur » est au #6,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rumeur (IPA \ʁy.mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,233 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rumeur, with forms such as "rmueur", "rrumeur", and "ruemur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "rumeurs", "ruer", "ramer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rumeur, spelled R-U-M-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bruit confus d’un certain nombre de voix.
  2. 2
    Bruit confus et continu venant de loin.
  3. 3
    Bruit provoqué par quelque nouvelle imprévue et spécialement par une nouvelle suscitant un mécontentement.
  4. 4
    Mouvement de suspicion publique contre quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Information diffusée dont la véracité est douteuse.
  6. 6
    Agitation ; trouble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hommes et femmes s’étreignaient : les hommes entre eux, les femmes entre elles, à de rares exceptions, et l’accordéon couvrait l’épaisse rumeur de son gargouillement.
  2. La pénombre le dissimulait, la rumeur sourde des vaches qui ruminaient dominait le bruit de sa respiration précipitée.

Synonyms

brouhahamurmurebouche à oreilleon-dit

This word in other languages

murmur(English)rumor(Español)Gerücht(Deutsch)rumor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rmueur
  • rrumeur
  • ruemur
  • rumeru
  • rumeurr
  • rummeur
  • rumuer
  • urmeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rmueur2rrumeur1ruemur2rumeru2rumeurr1rummeur1rumuer2urmeur2
Edit distance from "rumeur"

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 "rumeur"?
"rumeur" is spelled R-U-M-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁy.mœʁ\.
What does "rumeur" mean?
As a noun, "rumeur" means: Bruit confus d’un certain nombre de voix.
What words are commonly confused with "rumeur"?
"rumeur" is commonly confused with "rumeurs", "ruer", "ramer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rumeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rumeur" is \ʁy.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rumeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reçois#6,232restés#6,231sachez#6,235salade#6,236

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Samuel8 variantsvivait8 variantsAlexis8 variantsboisson8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list