ricochet

Name: ricochet, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\

/\ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

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: 5,742
“R” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rebond que fait une pierre plate et légère jetée obliquement sur la surface de l’eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ricochet · ricochet · French

ricochet · rank #30,781 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #30,781
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH ria

Nearest frequency peer: ria (-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.

retenant

69,223
revenais

69,222
ria

69,221
ricochet

69,220
Ritchie

69,219
robinets

69,218

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

Key facts for ricochet
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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ricochet »

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

#30,781

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ria » (#30,780), « Ritchie » (#30,782), « revenais » (#30,779). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ricochet » est au #30,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ricochet (IPA \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,781 among 5,742 “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

1
Rebond que fait une pierre plate et légère jetée obliquement sur la surface de l’eau.
2
Rebondissement sur le sol ou sur un obstacle quelconque d’un projectile de canon ou d’arme à feu.
3
Rebond volontaire d’un projectile d’artillerie, destiner à accroître les pertes de l’ennemi.
4
Conséquence, effet indirect, enchaînement.
5
Suite d’événements amenés les uns par les autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Tu as vu papa, ma pierre a fait quatre ricochets de suite !
J'adore faire des ricochets du bord de la rivière.

This word in other languages

ricochet(English)Querschläger(Deutsch)

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.

Edit distance from "ricochet"

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 "ricochet"?

"ricochet" is spelled R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\.

What does "ricochet" mean?

As a noun, "ricochet" means: Rebond que fait une pierre plate et légère jetée obliquement sur la surface de l’eau.

What are common misspellings of "ricochet"?

Common misspellings include "ircochet", "rciochet", "riccochet", "riccohet", "ricocchet". The correct spelling is "ricochet".

How do you pronounce "ricochet"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ricochet" is \ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ricochet" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

revenais#30,779 robinets#30,783 retenant#30,778 respects#30,777

Similar misspelling depth

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

réitérer12 variants rebondit12 variants Saunders12 variants savoyard12 variants