rusé
\ʁy.ze\
The verdict
“rusé” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,728
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la ruse, qui est plein de ruses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruse · rusé · French
rusé · rank #28,728 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,728
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rouvert
Nearest frequency peer: rouvert (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rusé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- risée
risée
71,276 corpus weight
- rixe
rixe
71,275 corpus weight
- rouvert
rouvert
71,274 corpus weight
- rusé
rusé
71,273 corpus weight
- récupèrent
récupèrent
71,272 corpus weight
- régénérer
régénérer
71,271 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rusé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rusé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁy.ze\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rusé” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rusé (IPA \ʁy.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,728 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rusé, with forms such as "rrusé", "rsué", and "russé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rush", "ruth", "russ", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rusé, spelled R-U-S-É.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la ruse, qui est plein de ruses.
- 2Qualifie un personnage adroit, subtil et artificieux.
- 3Qui annonce de la finesse, de la ruse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rusé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un homme très rusé. — Son esprit est rusé.
C’est un rusé compère. — Une rusée commère.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rrusé
- rsué
- russé
- rués
- ursé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rusé - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rusé", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rusé". Here's where to go from here.
- "rusé" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rush". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,728 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.