riskanten

[ʁɪsˈkantn̩]

/[ʁɪsˈkantn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“riskanten” is uncommon German (frequency #52,377 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,377
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant

Corpus desk

Index DE-riskanten · riskanten · German

riskanten · rank #52,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,377
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Riffs

Nearest frequency peer: Riffs (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „riskanten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „riskanten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for riskanten
PropertyValue
Headwordriskanten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁɪsˈkantn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „riskanten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.riskantenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Riffs“ (#52,376), „Rochester“ (#52,378), „Rheinprovinz“ (#52,375). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „riskanten“ bei #52,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

riskanten is uncommon German at frequency #52,377 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁɪsˈkantn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 20 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for riskanten, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is riskanten, spelled R-I-S-K-A-N-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs riskant

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "riskanten"?
"riskanten" is spelled R-I-S-K-A-N-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁɪsˈkantn̩].
What does "riskanten" mean?
As an adjective, "riskanten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs riskant
How do you pronounce "riskanten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riskanten" is [ʁɪsˈkantn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "riskanten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rochester#52,378rechneten#52,361schlichen#52,399schwammen#52,404

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list