rideau

\ʁi.do\

/\ʁi.do\/ noun

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The verdict

“rideau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,148
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe, qu’on emploie pour cacher, couvrir, entourer quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rideau · rideau · French

rideau · rank #8,148 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,148
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respiration

Nearest frequency peer: respiration (-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 « rideau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rideau » 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).

rideau vs rides
67% similar
rideau vs rider
67% similar
rideau vs riders
67% similar

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

Key facts for rideau
PropertyValue
Headwordrideau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.do\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,148
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rideau »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « respiration » (#8,147), « rentrant » (#8,146), « Ross » (#8,150). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rideau » est au #8,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rideau (IPA \ʁi.do\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,148 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rideau, with forms such as "irdeau", "rdieau", and "ridaeu". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rides", "rider", "riders", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rideau, spelled R-I-D-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’étoffe, qu’on emploie pour cacher, couvrir, entourer quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Grande toile qu’on lève ou qu’on baisse pour montrer ou pour cacher la scène d’un théâtre aux spectateurs.
  3. 3
    Ligne d’arbres, d’arbrisseaux plantés en haie ou en palissade, pour produire de l’ombre ou pour rompre la violence du vent.
  4. 4
    Ce qui borne la vue, ce qui sert à cacher, à couvrir.
  5. 5
    Dans une course hippique, rang d’un cheval dans un wagon.
  6. 6
    Fin de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par un entrebâillement de rideaux, un rayon de soleil planta dans la pièce sa lance d’or, et son éclat, […], sembla transformer la chambre du poêle du père Jourgeot.
  2. Par la fenêtre entr’ouverte, l’air entrait, gonflant comme une voile les rideaux de mousseline, et j’apercevais un pan de ciel bleu, […].

Synonyms

double-rideaucourtineparaventportièrestorevoilagetenture

This word in other languages

curtain(English)cortina(Español)Vorhang(Deutsch)pano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irdeau
  • rdieau
  • ridaeu
  • riddeau
  • rideua
  • riedau
  • rrideau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rideau - 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.

irdeau2rdieau2ridaeu2riddeau1rideua2riedau2rrideau1
Edit distance from "rideau"

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 "rideau"?
"rideau" is spelled R-I-D-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.do\.
What does "rideau" mean?
As a noun, "rideau" means: Pièce d’étoffe, qu’on emploie pour cacher, couvrir, entourer quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "rideau"?
"rideau" is commonly confused with "rides", "rider", "riders". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rideau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rideau" is \ʁi.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rideau" come from?
"rideau" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

renard#8,144reflet#8,142radios#8,138school#8,159

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

space7 variantsmenti7 variantsvider7 variantsjadis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list