régicide

\ʁe.ʒi.sid\

/\ʁe.ʒi.sid\/ noun

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The verdict

“régicide” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,851
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assassinat ou tentative d’assassinat d’un roi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regicide · régicide · French

régicide · rank #45,851 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,851
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH régates

Nearest frequency peer: régates (-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 « régicide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « régicide » 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
Key facts for régicide
PropertyValue
Headwordrégicide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ʒi.sid\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,851
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régicide »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.régicidese 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 « régates » (#45,850), « rénovées » (#45,852), « réprimées » (#45,853). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régicide » est au #45,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around régicide (IPA \ʁe.ʒi.sid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,851 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for régicide, with forms such as "regicide", "rgéicide", and "rrégicide". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is régicide, spelled R-É-G-I-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assassinat ou tentative d’assassinat d’un roi.
  2. 2
    Mise à mort d’un roi après une sentence de condamnation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce volume d’assertions, […], avait été précédé quelques années auparavant de la condamnation de l’ouvrage du jésuite Busenbaum, dans lequel la doctrine du régicide est ouvertement soutenue ; […].

This word in other languages

regicide(English)Königsmord(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regicide
  • rgéicide
  • rrégicide
  • régciide
  • réggicide
  • régiccide
  • régicdie
  • régicidde
  • régicied
  • régiicde
  • réigcide
  • érgicide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régicide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

regicide1rgéicide2rrégicide1régciide2réggicide1régiccide1régicdie2régicidde1
Edit distance from "régicide"

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 "régicide"?
"régicide" is spelled R-É-G-I-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ʒi.sid\.
What does "régicide" mean?
As a noun, "régicide" means: Assassinat ou tentative d’assassinat d’un roi.
What are common misspellings of "régicide"?
Common misspellings include "regicide", "rgéicide", "rrégicide", "régciide", "réggicide". The correct spelling is "régicide".
How do you pronounce "régicide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régicide" is \ʁe.ʒi.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régicide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rénovées#45,852rêvaient#45,857rigolais#45,845sachions#45,858

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

saignant12 variantssaturnin12 variantsremontez12 variantsraccourcie12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list