rigole

/\ʁi.ɡɔl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,234

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

rigole is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit canal creusé dans la terre ou dans la pierre, pour faire couler l’eau à travers un jardin, un pré, etc. Pronounced \ʁi.ɡɔl\. It ranks #7,234 in French word frequency. Often confused with rôle and rigolo.

Key facts for rigole
PropertyValue
Headwordrigole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.ɡɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,234
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rigole in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rigole is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁi.ɡɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,234 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rigole, with forms such as "irgole", "rgiole", and "riggole". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "rôle", "rigolo", "rivale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rigole, spelled R-I-G-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit canal creusé dans la terre ou dans la pierre, pour faire couler l’eau à travers un jardin, un pré, etc.
  2. 2
    Creux, rainure ou sillon produit accidentellement le plus souvent par un élément météorologique.
  3. 3
    Sillon.
  4. 4
    Filet de liquide, généralement d'eau, qui coule, ruisselle sur une surface.
  5. 5
    Tranchée où l’on sème des graines; où l’on dispose des jeunes plants.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irgole,rgiole,riggole,rigloe,rigoel,rigolle,riogle,rrigole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rigole

Misspelling Variants of "rigole"

irgole6rgiole6riggole7rigloe6rigoel6rigolle7riogle6rrigole7
Misspelling Variants of "rigole"

Frequency rank: #7,234 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rigole"?
"rigole" is spelled R-I-G-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ɡɔl\.
What does "rigole" mean?
As a noun, "rigole" means: Petit canal creusé dans la terre ou dans la pierre, pour faire couler l’eau à travers un jardin, un pré, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "rigole"?
"rigole" is commonly confused with "rôle", "rigolo", "rivale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rigole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigole" is \ʁi.ɡɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rigole" come from?
"rigole" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.