rythme
\ʁitm\
The verdict
“rythme” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,299
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre ; cadence ; mesure ; fréquence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rythme · rythme · French
rythme · rank #2,299 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,299
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH riches
Nearest frequency peer: riches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rythme”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- promis
promis
97,705 corpus weight
- reconnaissa…
reconnaissance
97,704 corpus weight
- riches
riches
97,703 corpus weight
- rythme
rythme
97,702 corpus weight
- Syrie
Syrie
97,701 corpus weight
- UE
UE
97,699 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rythme” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rythme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁitm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rythme” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around rythme (IPA \ʁitm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,299 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rythme, with forms such as "rrythme", "rtyhme", and "ryhtme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rythmée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rythme, spelled R-Y-T-H-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre ; cadence ; mesure ; fréquence.
- 2Proportion des durées de notes suivant la variation des temps forts et des temps faibles.
- 3Succession répétitive d'une variable physiologique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rythme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Poète, il voulait être poète, créer des rythmes nouveaux, des sensations neuves et souffler au ciel toutes les sottises qui tourbillonnaient dans son cerveau.
On préfère construire un roman, qu'on déroule à sa guise, au rythme que l'on choisit, on l'illustre d'images d'Épinal aux coloriages grossiers, aux violentes couleurs.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rrythme
- rtyhme
- ryhtme
- rythem
- rythhme
- rythmme
- rytmhe
- rytthme
- ryythme
- yrthme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rythme - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rythme", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "rythmée". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,299 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.