thé rouge
\te ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“thé 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thé noir, thé le plus commun en Europe, dont les feuilles rougissent lors de l’infusion, ce qui donne une boisson rougeâtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-the-rouge · thé rouge · French
thé rouge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thé rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thé rouge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thé rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
thé rouge has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is thé rouge, spelled T-H-É- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Thé noir, thé le plus commun en Europe, dont les feuilles rougissent lors de l’infusion, ce qui donne une boisson rougeâtre.
- 2Infusion de rooibos.
- 3Gaulthérie couchée (Gaultheria procumbens).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thé rouge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils boivent du thé vert ou du thé '''rouge : ce dernier est, notre thé noir. Je n'y ai jamais vu faire un mélange des deux thés vert et rouge.
Le thé le plus exquis est un thé dont les feuilles sont dorées comme celles du tabac turc ; les Chinois l'appellent le thé rouge. Ne s'en procure pas qui veut.
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.