ricevsRisseWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“rice” and “Risse” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,680
“rice” frequency rank
#13,680
“Risse” frequency rank
37360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rice Risse
Definition Reis Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Riss

Letter map: rice vs Risse

Shared letters muted; letters that set rice and Risse apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
rice
5 ch
Risse

Pair insight - rice / Risse

rice and Risse are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rice is recorded at frequency rank #23,680, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Risse is at rank #13,680, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɪsə].

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 37360, this pair ranks #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rice vs Risse

Shared letters: eir. Private to "rice": c. Private to "Risse": s.

"rice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Risse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • riceirce · rcie · ricce · riec · rrice
  • Risseirsse · rise · rises · riße · rrisse · rsise

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rice" and "Risse" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "rice" vs "Risse" - which ranks higher?
"Risse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,680 in our German list, against #23,680 for "rice". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "rice" and "Risse". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Risse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rice" and "Risse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rice". 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 #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list