ridiculité
\ʁi.di.ky.li.te\
The verdict
“ridiculité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou parole ridicule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ridiculite · ridiculité · French
ridiculité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ridiculité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.di.ky.li.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ridiculité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.di.ky.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ridiculité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ridiculité, spelled R-I-D-I-C-U-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Action ou parole ridicule.
- 2Caractère de ce qui est ridicule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ridiculité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelle ridiculité de dire que nous devons tout faire pour la plus grande gloire de Dieu ?
Du Bruel est petit-fils d’un traitant anobli sur la fin du règne de Louis XIV, ses armes ont été composées par Chérin et la couronne Comtale ne messied pas à ce blason, qui n’offre aucune des ridiculités impériales.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.