rectangle
\ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\
The verdict
“rectangle” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,300
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un triangle qui a un angle droit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rectangle · rectangle · French
rectangle · rank #18,300 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,300
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recensés
Nearest frequency peer: recensés (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rectangle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rade
rade
81,704 corpus weight
- read
read
81,703 corpus weight
- recensés
recensés
81,702 corpus weight
- rectangle
rectangle
81,701 corpus weight
- redistribut…
redistribution
81,700 corpus weight
- remportant
remportant
81,699 corpus weight
What this shows « rectangle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rectangle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rectangle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around rectangle (IPA \ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,300 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dit d’un triangle qui a un angle droit.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for rectangle, with forms such as "erctangle", "rcetangle", and "recatngle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "rectangles", "rechange", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rectangle, spelled R-E-C-T-A-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un triangle qui a un angle droit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erctangle
- rcetangle
- recatngle
- recctangle
- rectagnle
- rectangel
- rectanggle
- rectanglle
- rectanlge
- rectanngle
- rectnagle
- recttangle
- retcangle
- rrectangle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rectangle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rectangle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).