rime
\ʁim\
The verdict
“rime” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,779 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,779
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Retour d'un ou plusieurs phonèmes à la fin de deux ou plusieurs vers ; ce phonème ou ces phonèmes eux-mêmes.
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 | rime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁim\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rime” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rime is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁim\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,779 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rime, with forms such as "irme", "riem", and "rimme". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RM", "rue", "rio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 rime, spelled R-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Retour d'un ou plusieurs phonèmes à la fin de deux ou plusieurs vers ; ce phonème ou ces phonèmes eux-mêmes.
- 2Ensemble de vers, poème.
- 3Partie de la syllabe qui suit l’attaque, comprenant le noyau syllabique et, le cas échéant, la coda.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: irme,riem,rimme,rmie,rrime
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rime - 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 “rime”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁim\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “RM” - see the side-by-side comparison. rime vs RM
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.