saute-ruisseau
\sot.ʁɥi.so\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saute-ruisseau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sot.ʁɥi.so\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saute-ruisseau » en français
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
- 1Petit clerc d’avoué, de notaire, d’huissier, chargé des commissions.
- 2Garçon de courses, commissionnaire.
- 3Relève-jupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saute-ruisseau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.