saumon rouge
\so.mɔ̃ ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“saumon rouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de saumon présente en Amérique du Nord (Oncorhynchus nerka).
Corpus desk
Index FR-saumon-rouge · saumon rouge · French
saumon rouge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saumon rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \so.mɔ̃ ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saumon rouge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saumon rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.mɔ̃ ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de saumon présente en Amérique du Nord (Oncorhynchus nerka).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for saumon rouge, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 saumon rouge, spelled S-A-U-M-O-N- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de saumon présente en Amérique du Nord (Oncorhynchus nerka).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how saumon rouge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre 40 et 95% de la population de ce poisson, appelé saumon rouge ou saumon sockeye, a disparu ces dernières années, laissant craindre une extinction progressive de l’espèce et mettant en danger la survie du secteur de la pêche en Colombie-Britannique (ouest du Canada), qui pèse un milliard de dollars par an.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.