rigolade
\ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑd\
The verdict
“rigolade” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,351
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rire, de s'amuser librement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rigolade · rigolade · French
rigolade · rank #23,351 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,351
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH retirées
Nearest frequency peer: retirées (-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 « rigolade »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- resserrer
resserrer
76,653 corpus weight
- retira
retira
76,652 corpus weight
- retirées
retirées
76,651 corpus weight
- rigolade
rigolade
76,650 corpus weight
- rolex
rolex
76,649 corpus weight
- romande
romande
76,648 corpus weight
What this shows « rigolade » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rigolade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigolade »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rigolade (IPA \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,351 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigolade, with forms such as "irgolade", "rgiolade", and "riggolade". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rigole", "rigolant", "rigolote", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rigolade, spelled R-I-G-O-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Action de rire, de s'amuser librement.
- 2Chose peu sérieuse.
- 3Chose aisée à faire ou à supporter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rigolade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moi, je suis un capitaine différent. Je prends tout à la rigolade, je déconne beaucoup. (Eden Hazard)
Dans cette foule de jeunes gens, hommes et femmes, partout le sérieux, la décence; pas le moindre soupçon de rigolade bête ou vulgaire, de gaudriole, de grivoiserie, ni même de flirt. On respire partout une sorte de ferveur joyeuse.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irgolade
- rgiolade
- riggolade
- rigloade
- rigoalde
- rigoladde
- rigolaed
- rigoldae
- rigollade
- rioglade
- rrigolade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rigolade - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).