rigoles

\ʁi.ɡɔl\

/\ʁi.ɡɔl\/ noun

The verdict

“rigoles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,052
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rigoles · rigoles · French

rigoles · rank #13,052 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,052
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rite

Nearest frequency peer: rite (+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 « rigoles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rigoles » 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).

rigoles vs rôles
57% similar
rigoles vs rigolo
71% similar
rigoles vs rivales
71% similar

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

Key facts for rigoles
PropertyValue
Headwordrigoles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.ɡɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,052
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigoles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rigolesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rite » (#13,053), « respectée » (#13,050), « RP » (#13,054). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rigoles » est au #13,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rigoles (IPA \ʁi.ɡɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,052 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rigole.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigoles, with forms such as "irgoles", "rgioles", and "riggoles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "rôles", "rigolo", "rivales", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rigoles, spelled R-I-G-O-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rigole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du sang inondait les rigoles et des nuées de mouches bourdonnaient déjà dans l’air.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irgoles
  • rgioles
  • riggoles
  • rigloes
  • rigoels
  • rigoless
  • rigolles
  • rigolse
  • riogles
  • rrigoles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rigoles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

irgoles2rgioles2riggoles1rigloes2rigoels2rigoless1rigolles1rigolse2
Edit distance from "rigoles"

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 "rigoles"?
"rigoles" is spelled R-I-G-O-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ɡɔl\.
What does "rigoles" mean?
As a noun, "rigoles" means: Pluriel de rigole.
What words are commonly confused with "rigoles"?
"rigoles" is commonly confused with "rôles", "rigolo", "rivales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rigoles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigoles" is \ʁi.ɡɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rigoles" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rigoles", 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