saute-ruisseau

\sot.ʁɥi.so\

/\sot.ʁɥi.so\/ noun

The verdict

“saute-ruisseau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit clerc d’avoué, de notaire, d’huissier, chargé des commissions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saute-ruisseau · saute-ruisseau · French

saute-ruisseau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for saute-ruisseau
PropertyValue
Headwordsaute-ruisseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sot.ʁɥi.so\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « saute-ruisseau » en français

saute-ruisseausiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saute-ruisseau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sot.ʁɥi.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for saute-ruisseau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is saute-ruisseau, spelled S-A-U-T-E---R-U-I-S-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit clerc d’avoué, de notaire, d’huissier, chargé des commissions.
  2. 2
    Garçon de courses, commissionnaire.
  3. 3
    Relève-jupe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le saute-ruisseau est généralement, comme était Simonnin, un garçon de treize à quatorze ans, qui dans toutes les études se trouve sous la domination spéciale du principal clerc, dont les commissions et les billets doux l’occupent tout en allant porter des exploits chez les huissiers et des placets au Palais.
  2. Autre clerc plus petit derrière le premier, autre clerc plus grand derrière le second, saute-ruisseau de douze ans derrière le troisième. En tout, trois clercs et demi ; ce qui, pour le temps, annonçait une étude des plus achalandées.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saute-ruisseau"?
"saute-ruisseau" is spelled S-A-U-T-E---R-U-I-S-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \sot.ʁɥi.so\.
What does "saute-ruisseau" mean?
As a noun, "saute-ruisseau" means: Petit clerc d’avoué, de notaire, d’huissier, chargé des commissions.
How do you pronounce "saute-ruisseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saute-ruisseau" is \sot.ʁɥi.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saute-ruisseau" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list