rituel

/\ʁi.tɥɛl\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,032

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

rituel is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif aux rites, aux règles liturgiques imposées aux fidèles par la religion, tant dans les cérémonies que dans la vie quotidienne. Pronounced \ʁi.tɥɛl\. It ranks #8,032 in French word frequency. Often confused with rituels and rituelle.

Key facts for rituel
PropertyValue
Headwordrituel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʁi.tɥɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,032
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rituel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rituel is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁi.tɥɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,032 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rituel, with forms such as "irtuel", "riteul", and "rittuel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "rituels", "rituelle", "rituelles", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rituel, spelled R-I-T-U-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux rites, aux règles liturgiques imposées aux fidèles par la religion, tant dans les cérémonies que dans la vie quotidienne.
  2. 2
    (Sens courant) Réglé comme un rite religieux; consacré, habituel, conventionnel. Exécuté (acte, geste) ou prononcé (mots, parole) avec exactitude et précaution.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irtuel,riteul,rittuel,rituell,ritule,riutel,rrituel,rtiuel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rituel

Misspelling Variants of "rituel"

irtuel6riteul6rittuel7rituell7ritule6riutel6rrituel7rtiuel6
Misspelling Variants of "rituel"

Frequency rank: #8,032 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rituel"?
"rituel" is spelled R-I-T-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.tɥɛl\.
What does "rituel" mean?
As an adj, "rituel" means: Relatif aux rites, aux règles liturgiques imposées aux fidèles par la religion, tant dans les cérémonies que dans la vie quotidienne.
What words are commonly confused with "rituel"?
"rituel" is commonly confused with "rituels", "rituelle", "rituelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rituel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rituel" is \ʁi.tɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rituel" come from?
"rituel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.