rigolote

\ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\

/\ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\/ noun

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The verdict

“rigolote” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,140
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui fait rire, qui est drôle, amusante, marrante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rigolote · rigolote · French

rigolote · rank #36,140 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,140
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ridiculisé

Nearest frequency peer: ridiculisé (-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 « rigolote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rigolote » 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).

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

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

Key facts for rigolote
PropertyValue
Headwordrigolote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,140
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rigolote »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rigolotese 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 « ridiculisé » (#36,139), « rin » (#36,141), « RIB » (#36,138). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rigolote » est au #36,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rigolote (IPA \ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,140 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rigolote, with forms such as "irgolote", "rgiolote", and "riggolote". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rigole", "rigolo", "rigolos", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rigolote, spelled R-I-G-O-L-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui fait rire, qui est drôle, amusante, marrante.
  2. 2
    Celle qui est peu sérieuse, peu digne de confiance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et tant pis si l’ex-ministre du travail « n’est pas une rigolote », glisse un participant.

Synonyms

comique

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irgolote
  • rgiolote
  • riggolote
  • rigloote
  • rigollote
  • rigoloet
  • rigolotte
  • rigoltoe
  • rigoolte
  • rioglote
  • rrigolote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irgolote2rgiolote2riggolote1rigloote2rigollote1rigoloet2rigolotte1rigoltoe2
Edit distance from "rigolote"

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 "rigolote"?
"rigolote" is spelled R-I-G-O-L-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\.
What does "rigolote" mean?
As a noun, "rigolote" means: Celle qui fait rire, qui est drôle, amusante, marrante.
What words are commonly confused with "rigolote"?
"rigolote" is commonly confused with "rigole", "rigolo", "rigolos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rigolote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rigolote" is \ʁi.ɡɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rigolote" come from?
"rigolote" 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 "rigolote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reversés#36,136rentiers#36,131relèvera#36,128sauveurs#36,153

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

réprimé11 variantsrésines11 variantsQuiberon11 variantsstagner11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list