rictus
\ʁik.tys\
The verdict
“rictus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,692
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction de la bouche, grimace des lèvres et des joues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rictus · rictus · French
rictus · rank #44,692 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,692
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ribambelle
Nearest frequency peer: ribambelle (-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 « rictus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- restructura…
restructurations
55,312 corpus weight
- retracent
retracent
55,311 corpus weight
- ribambelle
ribambelle
55,310 corpus weight
- rictus
rictus
55,309 corpus weight
- Riff
Riff
55,308 corpus weight
- rimer
rimer
55,307 corpus weight
What this shows « rictus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rictus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁik.tys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rictus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rictus (IPA \ʁik.tys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,692 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contraction de la bouche, grimace des lèvres et des joues.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rictus, with forms such as "irctus", "rcitus", and "ricctus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rites", "reçus", "riches", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rictus, spelled R-I-C-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Contraction de la bouche, grimace des lèvres et des joues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rictus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un pâle et froid sourire dessina ce rictus qui servait de bouche au diplomate.
Rien n’est plus rare qu’un être humain dont la bouche et les muscles faciaux soient conformés de manière à produire le phénomène du rictus sardonique que la science explique par un retour atavique à une grimace primitive, alors que nos ancêtres devaient employer leurs mâchoires comme armes d’attaque ou de défense.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irctus
- rcitus
- ricctus
- rictsu
- ricttus
- rictuss
- ricuts
- ritcus
- rrictus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rictus - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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