rixes

\ʁiks\

/\ʁiks\/ noun

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The verdict

“rixes” is uncommon French (frequency #64,051 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,051
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rixe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rixes · rixes · French

rixes · rank #64,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,051
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retweet

Nearest frequency peer: retweet (-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 « rixes »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rixes
PropertyValue
Headwordrixes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁiks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rixes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rixestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « retweet » (#64,050), « respecterait » (#64,049), « repeinte » (#64,048). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rixes » est au #64,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rixes is uncommon French at frequency #64,051 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁiks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de rixe.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rixes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rixes, spelled R-I-X-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rixe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le rapport prend pour exemple la commune de Corbeil-Essonnes, qui a mis en place un dispositif local d’alerte rixes (DLAR) mettant en lien la police, la préfecture, les associations et les services municipaux via un groupe WhatsApp, afin de détecter les signaux faibles, de surveiller les réseaux sociaux ou de signaler des attroupements.

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 "rixes"?
"rixes" is spelled R-I-X-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁiks\.
What does "rixes" mean?
As a noun, "rixes" means: Pluriel de rixe.
How do you pronounce "rixes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rixes" is \ʁiks\. 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 "rixes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list