Which to use
“rigole” and “rigoles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,234
- “rigole” frequency rank
- #13,052
- “rigoles” frequency rank
- 20286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rigole | rigoles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit canal creusé dans la terre ou dans la pierre, pour faire couler l’eau à travers un jardin, un pré, etc. | Pluriel de rigole. |
Same sound, different letters: rigole vs rigoles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rigole runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rigoles's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rigole and rigoles
This is the hard kind. rigole and rigoles are pronounced identically (\ʁi.ɡɔl\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rigole” sits inside “rigoles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rigole is recorded at frequency rank #7,234, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.ɡɔl\. rigoles is at rank #13,052, 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 20286, this pair ranks #369,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rigole vs rigoles
Shared letters: egilor. Private to "rigole": -. Private to "rigoles": s.
"rigole" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rigoles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rigole" and "rigoles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rigole" vs "rigoles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"rigole" and "rigoles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rigole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rigoles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rigole" and "rigoles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rigolais vs rigoles". 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 #369,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.