rigide

[ʁiˈɡiːdə]

/[ʁiˈɡiːdə]/ adj

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The verdict

“rigide” is uncommon German (frequency #61,878 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,878
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - steif, streng, starr

Corpus desk

Index DE-rigide · rigide · German

rigide · rank #61,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,878
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH riders

Nearest frequency peer: riders (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rigide“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rigide“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rigide
PropertyValue
Headwordrigide
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁiˈɡiːdə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rigide“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.rigidefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „riders“ (#61,877), „Rivalitäten“ (#61,879), „Revisionen“ (#61,875). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rigide“ bei #61,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rigide is uncommon German at frequency #61,878 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁiˈɡiːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "steif, streng, starr".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rigide, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rigide, spelled R-I-G-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    steif, streng, starr

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er glaubte mal wieder, rigide durchgreifen zu müssen.
  2. „Australien gehört seit Beginn der Coronakrise zu den Ländern mit den rigidesten Einreiseregeln und ist weiterhin fast völlig abgeschottet.“

This word in other languages

rigid(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rigide"?
"rigide" is spelled R-I-G-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁiˈɡiːdə].
What does "rigide" mean?
As an adjective, "rigide" means: steif, streng, starr
How do you pronounce "rigide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigide" is [ʁiˈɡiːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rigide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

riders#61,877Rochus#61,882Reiher#61,862Schoki#61,907

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list