right

\ˈɹaɪt\

/\ˈɹaɪt\/ adj

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The verdict

“right” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,934
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Correct, juste, bon, exact.

Corpus desk

Index FR-right · right · French

right · rank #10,934 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,934
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ressemblance

Nearest frequency peer: ressemblance (-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 « right »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « right » 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).

right vs riot
60% similar
right vs rivet
60% similar
right vs rights
83% similar

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

Key facts for right
PropertyValue
Headwordright
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈɹaɪt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,934
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « right »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rightse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ressemblance » (#10,933), « roc » (#10,935), « Roussillon » (#10,936). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « right » est au #10,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around right (IPA \ˈɹaɪt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,934 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for right, with forms such as "irght", "rgiht", and "rigght". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "riot", "rivet", "rights", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is right, spelled R-I-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Correct, juste, bon, exact.
  2. 2
    Qui a raison.
  3. 3
    Bon dans le sens moral.
  4. 4
    Droit, droite.
  5. 5
    90°. Droit, rectangle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Is this the right way to Montmartre?
  2. I don’t have the right folder.

Antonyms

leftwrong

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irght
  • rgiht
  • rigght
  • righht
  • rightt
  • rigth
  • rihgt
  • rright

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of right - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

irght2rgiht2rigght1righht1rightt1rigth2rihgt2rright1
Edit distance from "right"

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 "right"?
"right" is spelled R-I-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɹaɪt\.
What does "right" mean?
As an adjective, "right" means: Correct, juste, bon, exact.
What words are commonly confused with "right"?
"right" is commonly confused with "riot", "rivet", "rights". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "right"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "right" is \ˈɹaɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "right" come from?
"right" 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 "right", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list