ritaline

\ʁi.ta.lin\

/\ʁi.ta.lin\/ noun

The verdict

“ritaline” is uncommon French (frequency #98,442 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,442
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom commercial du méthylphénidate ou MPH, une phényléthylamine (famille des amphétamines) utilisée en pharmacie pour la fabrication de psychostimulants. Sa principale indication est le trouble du d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-ritaline · ritaline · French

ritaline · rank #98,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,442
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ripe

Nearest frequency peer: ripe (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ritaline »

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 « ritaline » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ritaline
PropertyValue
Headwordritaline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.ta.lin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ritaline » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ritalinetombe 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: « ripe » (#98,441), « ricanent » (#98,439), « rorquals » (#98,445). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ritaline » est au #98,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ritaline is uncommon French at frequency #98,442 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.ta.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom commercial du méthylphénidate ou MPH, une phényléthylamine (famille des amphétamines) utilisée en pharmacie pour la fabrication de psychostimulants. Sa principale indication est le trouble du d...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ritaline, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ritaline, spelled R-I-T-A-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom commercial du méthylphénidate ou MPH, une phényléthylamine (famille des amphétamines) utilisée en pharmacie pour la fabrication de psychostimulants. Sa principale indication est le trouble du déficit de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDA/H).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «La ritaline provoque des effets secondaires non négligeables …

Synonyms

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 "ritaline"?
"ritaline" is spelled R-I-T-A-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ta.lin\.
What does "ritaline" mean?
As a noun, "ritaline" means: Nom commercial du méthylphénidate ou MPH, une phényléthylamine (famille des amphétamines) utilisée en pharmacie pour la fabrication de psychostimulants. Sa principale indication est le trouble du d...
How do you pronounce "ritaline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ritaline" is \ʁi.ta.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list