sucre roux
\sy.kʁə ʁu\
The verdict
“sucre roux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sucre cristallisé roux obtenu directement à l’issue de la première cuisson du jus de canne et qui n’a été raffiné qu’une fois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sucre-roux · sucre roux · French
sucre roux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sucre roux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.kʁə ʁu\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sucre roux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.kʁə ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sucre cristallisé roux obtenu directement à l’issue de la première cuisson du jus de canne et qui n’a été raffiné qu’une fois.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sucre roux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sucre roux, spelled S-U-C-R-E- -R-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Sucre cristallisé roux obtenu directement à l’issue de la première cuisson du jus de canne et qui n’a été raffiné qu’une fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sucre roux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La séance thé a été parfaite. Maman avait fait les choses comme il faut : le service à thé offert par mamie avec des dorures et des papillons verts et roses, des macarons de chez Ladurée et, quand même, du sucre roux (un truc de gauche).
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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.