rite

\ʁit\

/\ʁit\/ noun

The verdict

“rite” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,053
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des règles et cérémonies en usage dans une religion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rite · rite · French

rite · rank #13,053 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,053
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rigoles

Nearest frequency peer: rigoles (-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 « rite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rite » 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).

rite vs RT
0% similar
rite vs rue
50% similar
rite vs riz
50% similar

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

Key facts for rite
PropertyValue
Headwordrite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,053
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ritese 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 « rigoles » (#13,052), « RP » (#13,054), « régulateur » (#13,055). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rite » est au #13,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around rite (IPA \ʁit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,053 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rite, with forms such as "irte", "riet", and "ritte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RT", "rue", "riz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rite, spelled R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des règles et cérémonies en usage dans une religion.
  2. 2
    Cérémonies même d’un culte.
  3. 3
    Cérémonies propres à une institution.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des cérémonies, et organisation des divers degrés qu'il est possible d'acquérir dans l'organisation.
  5. 5
    Comportement répétitif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et s'il y a un judaïsme de rite aschkenazi, avec son caractère propre, qui le distingue nettement du judaïsme sefardi, ce n'est pas d'Allemagne qu'il est originaire, mais bien de France.
  2. Il offre des sacrifices, aux autres dieux selon le rite albain, à Hercule selon le rite grec, suivant en cela la règle établie par Évandre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irte
  • riet
  • ritte
  • rrite
  • rtie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

irte2riet2ritte1rrite1rtie2
Edit distance from "rite"

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 "rite"?
"rite" is spelled R-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁit\.
What does "rite" mean?
As a noun, "rite" means: Ensemble des règles et cérémonies en usage dans une religion.
What words are commonly confused with "rite"?
"rite" is commonly confused with "RT", "rue", "riz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rite" is \ʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rite" come from?
"rite" 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 "rite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list