rigolent
\ʁi.ɡɔl\
The verdict
“rigolent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,727
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rigoler.
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 | rigolent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁi.ɡɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rigolent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around rigolent (IPA \ʁi.ɡɔl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,727 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigolent, with forms such as "irgolent", "rgiolent", and "riggolent". 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, "rigoler", "rigoles", "rigolez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rigolent, spelled R-I-G-O-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rigoler.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de rigoler.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: irgolent,rgiolent,riggolent,rigloent,rigoelnt,rigolennt,rigolentt,rigoletn,rigollent,rigolnet,rioglent,rrigolent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rigolent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “rigolent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-I-G-O-L-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁi.ɡɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rigoler” - see the side-by-side comparison. rigolent vs rigoler
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.