rikiki

\ʁi.ki.ki\

/\ʁi.ki.ki\/ adj

The verdict

“rikiki” is uncommon French (frequency #90,134 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,134
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ridiculement petit ou étriqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rikiki · rikiki · French

rikiki · rank #90,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,134
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rhymes

Nearest frequency peer: rhymes (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « rikiki »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rikiki » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rikiki
PropertyValue
Headwordrikiki
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁi.ki.ki\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,134
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rikiki » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rikikitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rhymes » (#90,132), « ripa » (#90,137), « revérifier » (#90,130). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rikiki » est au #90,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rikiki is uncommon French at frequency #90,134 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁi.ki.ki\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ridiculement petit ou étriqué.".

rikiki doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rikiki, spelled R-I-K-I-K-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ridiculement petit ou étriqué.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "rikiki"?
"rikiki" is spelled R-I-K-I-K-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ki.ki\.
What does "rikiki" mean?
As an adjective, "rikiki" means: Ridiculement petit ou étriqué.
How do you pronounce "rikiki"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rikiki" is \ʁi.ki.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rikiki" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rikiki", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list