rusée

\ʁy.ze\

/\ʁy.ze\/ noun

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The verdict

“rusée” is uncommon French (frequency #58,234 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,234
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne faisant preuve de ruse.

Key facts for rusée
PropertyValue
Headwordrusée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁy.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,234
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rusée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rusée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rusée is uncommon French at frequency #58,234 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁy.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne faisant preuve de ruse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for rusée 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rusée, spelled R-U-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne faisant preuve de ruse.

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 "rusée"?
"rusée" is spelled R-U-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁy.ze\.
What does "rusée" mean?
As a noun, "rusée" means: Personne faisant preuve de ruse.
How do you pronounce "rusée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rusée" is \ʁy.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rusée" come from?
"rusée" 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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Using “rusée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-U-S-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁy.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list