rigide

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

\ʁi.ʒid\

/\ʁi.ʒid\/ adj

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

The verdict

“rigide” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,045
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne plie pas, ne peut être déformé ni assoupli.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rigide · rigide · French

rigide · rank #12,045 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,045
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH représentées

Nearest frequency peer: représentées (-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.

renouvelable

87,958
représentées

87,957
rigide

87,956
réjouir

87,955
résolutions

87,954
réussis

87,953

What this shows « rigide » 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).

rigide vs rigole

67% similar

rigide vs rigides

86% similar

rigide vs rigidité

63% similar

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

Key facts for rigide
Property	Value
Headword	rigide
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ʁi.ʒid\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#12,045
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigide »

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

#12,045

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « représentées » (#12,044), « réjouir » (#12,046), « renouvelable » (#12,043). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rigide » est au #12,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rigide (IPA \ʁi.ʒid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,045 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigide, with forms such as "irgide", "rgiide", and "rigdie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rigole", "rigides", "rigidité", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 rigide, spelled R-I-G-I-D-E.

Definition

1
Qui ne plie pas, ne peut être déformé ni assoupli.
2
Se dit d'une personne qui se montre sévère, inflexible.
3
Qualifie ce qui est dépourvu de souplesse intellectuelle et qui ne pardonne rien aux autres, ni à lui-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une barre de fer rigide.
Une tige rigide.

Antonyms

flexible souple amène

This word in other languages

rigid(English)rigido(Español)starr(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

irgide
rgiide
rigdie
riggide
rigidde
rigied
riigde
rrigide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rigide - 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 "rigide"

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 "rigide"?

"rigide" is spelled R-I-G-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ʒid\.

What does "rigide" mean?

As an adjective, "rigide" means: Qui ne plie pas, ne peut être déformé ni assoupli.

What words are commonly confused with "rigide"?

"rigide" is commonly confused with "rigole", "rigides", "rigidité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "rigide"?

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

What language does "rigide" come from?

"rigide" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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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