rectiligne
\ʁɛk.ti.liɲ\
The verdict
“rectiligne” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,555
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en ligne droite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rectiligne · rectiligne · French
rectiligne · rank #32,555 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,555
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rebondissement
Nearest frequency peer: rebondissement (-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 « rectiligne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rappellerai
rappellerai
67,449 corpus weight
- rationnelles
rationnelles
67,448 corpus weight
- rebondissem…
rebondissement
67,447 corpus weight
- rectiligne
rectiligne
67,446 corpus weight
- reculent
reculent
67,445 corpus weight
- redevenue
redevenue
67,444 corpus weight
What this shows « rectiligne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rectiligne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛk.ti.liɲ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rectiligne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around rectiligne (IPA \ʁɛk.ti.liɲ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,555 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for rectiligne, with forms such as "erctiligne", "rcetiligne", and "recctiligne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rectiligne, spelled R-E-C-T-I-L-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est en ligne droite.
- 2Qui est composé de lignes droites.
- 3Se dit des figures formées par des lignes droites.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rectiligne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La première opération consista à tracer sur le terrain, dans sa partie la plus plate et la plus unie, une direction rectiligne.
La guerre civile est devenue bien difficile depuis la découverte des nouvelles armes à feu et depuis le percement des voies rectilignes dans les métropoles.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erctiligne
- rcetiligne
- recctiligne
- recitligne
- rectiilgne
- rectilgine
- rectiligen
- rectiliggne
- rectilignne
- rectilinge
- rectilligne
- rectliigne
- recttiligne
- retciligne
- rrectiligne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rectiligne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "rectiligne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).