rigolos

\ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\

/\ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\/ adj

The verdict

“rigolos” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,568
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de rigolo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rigolos · rigolos · French

rigolos · rank #32,568 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,568
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH riposter

Nearest frequency peer: riposter (+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 « rigolos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rigolos » 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).

rigolos vs rigolote
75% similar
rigolos vs rigole
71% similar
rigolos vs rigolo
86% similar

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

Key facts for rigolos
PropertyValue
Headwordrigolos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,568
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigolos »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rigolosse 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 « riposter » (#32,569), « Rf » (#32,566), « rosier » (#32,570). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rigolos » est au #32,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rigolos (IPA \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,568 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de rigolo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigolos, with forms such as "irgolos", "rgiolos", and "riggolos". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rigolote", "rigole", "rigolo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rigolos, spelled R-I-G-O-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de rigolo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce duo épatant entre par la grande porte dans la crypte des buveurs de sang sympas, sexy ou rigolos, loin du Dracula de Christopher Lee dans les films des années 1960 de la British Hammer, ou de celui de Francis Ford Coppola joué par Gary Oldman.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irgolos
  • rgiolos
  • riggolos
  • rigloos
  • rigollos
  • rigoloss
  • rigolso
  • rigools
  • rioglos
  • rrigolos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irgolos2rgiolos2riggolos1rigloos2rigollos1rigoloss1rigolso2rigools2
Edit distance from "rigolos"

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 "rigolos"?
"rigolos" is spelled R-I-G-O-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\.
What does "rigolos" mean?
As an adjective, "rigolos" means: Masculin pluriel de rigolo.
What words are commonly confused with "rigolos"?
"rigolos" is commonly confused with "rigolote", "rigole", "rigolo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rigolos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigolos" is \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɔ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rigolos" come from?
"rigolos" 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 "rigolos", 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