rectitude

\ʁɛk.ti.tyd\

/\ʁɛk.ti.tyd\/ noun

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The verdict

“rectitude” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,495
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conformité à la règle droite, aux vrais principes, à la saine raison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rectitude · rectitude · French

rectitude · rank #39,495 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,495
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rauque

Nearest frequency peer: rauque (-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 « rectitude »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rectitude » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rectitude vs restitué
67% similar
rectitude vs restituée
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rectitude
PropertyValue
Headwordrectitude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛk.ti.tyd\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,495
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rectitude »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rectitudese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rauque » (#39,494), « regrettez » (#39,496), « ratifiée » (#39,493). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rectitude » est au #39,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around rectitude (IPA \ʁɛk.ti.tyd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,495 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rectitude, with forms such as "erctitude", "rcetitude", and "recctitude". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "restitué", "restituée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rectitude, spelled R-E-C-T-I-T-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conformité à la règle droite, aux vrais principes, à la saine raison.
  2. 2
    Qualité de ce qui est droit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le rapport qui existe entre la doctrine chrétienne et la rectitude des mœurs, Taine le lui avait montré : chaque fois que l’homme se fait païen, il se retrouve voluptueux et dur.
  2. La conception coranique de la politique n’est pas irénique. Elle est d’affrontement, ou plutôt manichéenne, met l’accent sur la rectitude opposée à l’erreur et sur un affrontement armé entre les deux.

This word in other languages

rectitude(English)rectitud(Español)retidão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erctitude
  • rcetitude
  • recctitude
  • recittude
  • rectitdue
  • rectittude
  • rectitudde
  • rectitued
  • rectiutde
  • recttitude
  • recttiude
  • retcitude
  • rrectitude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rectitude - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erctitude2rcetitude2recctitude1recittude2rectitdue2rectittude1rectitudde1rectitued2
Edit distance from "rectitude"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rectitude"?
"rectitude" is spelled R-E-C-T-I-T-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛk.ti.tyd\.
What does "rectitude" mean?
As a noun, "rectitude" means: Conformité à la règle droite, aux vrais principes, à la saine raison.
What words are commonly confused with "rectitude"?
"rectitude" is commonly confused with "restitué", "restituée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rectitude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rectitude" is \ʁɛk.ti.tyd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rectitude" come from?
"rectitude" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

regrettez#39,496Reinhardt#39,497rassurent#39,492rajoutant#39,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

repartira13 variantsretardés13 variantspromeneur13 variantsproblems13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list