ricochet
\ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\
The verdict
“ricochet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,781
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rebond que fait une pierre plate et légère jetée obliquement sur la surface de l’eau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ricochet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ricochet” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ricochet (IPA \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,781 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ricochet, with forms such as "ircochet", "rciochet", and "riccochet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ricochet, spelled R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1Rebond que fait une pierre plate et légère jetée obliquement sur la surface de l’eau.
- 2Rebondissement sur le sol ou sur un obstacle quelconque d’un projectile de canon ou d’arme à feu.
- 3Rebond volontaire d’un projectile d’artillerie, destiner à accroître les pertes de l’ennemi.
- 4Conséquence, effet indirect, enchaînement.
- 5Suite d’événements amenés les uns par les autres.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ircochet
- rciochet
- riccochet
- riccohet
- ricocchet
- ricoceht
- ricochett
- ricochhet
- ricochte
- ricohcet
- riocchet
- rricochet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ricochet - 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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Using “ricochet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.