Which to use
“rigolade” and “rigole” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,351
- “rigolade” frequency rank
- #7,234
- “rigole” frequency rank
- 30585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rigolade | rigole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de rire, de s'amuser librement. | Petit canal creusé dans la terre ou dans la pierre, pour faire couler l’eau à travers un jardin, un pré, etc. |
Where the eye mixes rigolade and rigole
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rigolade runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against rigole's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rigolade and rigole
A purely visual mix-up. rigolade (\ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑd\) and rigole (\ʁi.ɡɔl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rigolade is recorded at frequency rank #23,351, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.ɡɔ.lɑd\. rigole is at rank #7,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.ɡɔl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30585, this pair ranks #309,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rigolade vs rigole
Shared letters: egilor. Private to "rigolade": ad. Private to "rigole": -.
"rigolade" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "rigole" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rigolade" and "rigole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rigolade" vs "rigole" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rigolade" and "rigole" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rigolade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rigole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rigolade" and "rigole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rigolade vs rigolais". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #309,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.