rigides

\ʁi.ʒid\

/\ʁi.ʒid\/ adj

The verdict

“rigides” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,013
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rigide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rigides · rigides · French

rigides · rank #23,013 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,013
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Richie

Nearest frequency peer: Richie (-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 « rigides »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rigides » 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).

rigides vs rigoles
71% similar
rigides vs rides
71% similar
rigides vs rigide
86% similar

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

Key facts for rigides
PropertyValue
Headwordrigides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁi.ʒid\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,013
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigides »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rigidesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Richie » (#23,012), « Rocco » (#23,014), « richement » (#23,011). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rigides » est au #23,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rigides (IPA \ʁi.ʒid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,013 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rigide.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigides, with forms such as "irgides", "rgiides", and "rigdies". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rigoles", "rides", "rigide", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rigides, spelled R-I-G-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rigide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A Flaine, sept immenses arbres (9,20 m), sortis d’une maquette de « L’Hourloupe » — tous blancs avec leurs nombreuses stries noires, liés les uns aux autres (une danse) — s’amusent à concurrencer les sapins du fond, froids et rigides : ils nous disent ce que Dubuffet a tenté et réussi, abêtir ("balourdiser") le réel.
  2. Avant, ses parents étaient chouettes, mais depuis quelques mois, ils la fliquent, la surveillent. De vrais empêcheurs de tourner en rond ! Coincés, rigides, autoritaires et injustes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irgides
  • rgiides
  • rigdies
  • riggides
  • rigiddes
  • rigidess
  • rigidse
  • rigieds
  • riigdes
  • rrigides

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irgides2rgiides2rigdies2riggides1rigiddes1rigidess1rigidse2rigieds2
Edit distance from "rigides"

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 "rigides"?
"rigides" is spelled R-I-G-I-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ʒid\.
What does "rigides" mean?
As an adjective, "rigides" means: Pluriel de rigide.
What words are commonly confused with "rigides"?
"rigides" is commonly confused with "rigoles", "rides", "rigide". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rigides"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigides" is \ʁi.ʒid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rigides" come from?
"rigides" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list