risotto

/[riˈzɔtto]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,798

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

risotto is aGermannoun. It means: Risotto; ein norditalienisches Reisgericht, das in vielen Variationen zubereitet wird, oft mit Zutaten wie Gemüse, Fleisch oder Meeresfrüchten Pronounced [riˈzɔtto].

Key facts for risotto
PropertyValue
Headwordrisotto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[riˈzɔtto]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,798
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of risotto in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for risotto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [riˈzɔtto]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,798 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Risotto; ein norditalienisches Reisgericht, das in vielen Variationen zubereitet wird, oft mit Zutaten wie Gemüse, Fleisch oder Meeresfrüchten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for risotto, with forms such as "irsotto", "riostto", and "risoto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is risotto, spelled R-I-S-O-T-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Risotto; ein norditalienisches Reisgericht, das in vielen Variationen zubereitet wird, oft mit Zutaten wie Gemüse, Fleisch oder Meeresfrüchten

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irsotto,riostto,risoto,risotot,rissotto,ristoto,rrisotto,rsiotto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for risotto

Misspelling Variants of "risotto"

irsotto7riostto7risoto6risotot7rissotto8ristoto7rrisotto8rsiotto7
Misspelling Variants of "risotto"

Frequency rank: #40,798 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "risotto"?
"risotto" is spelled R-I-S-O-T-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [riˈzɔtto].
What does "risotto" mean?
As a noun, "risotto" means: Risotto; ein norditalienisches Reisgericht, das in vielen Variationen zubereitet wird, oft mit Zutaten wie Gemüse, Fleisch oder Meeresfrüchten
What are common misspellings of "risotto"?
Common misspellings include "irsotto", "riostto", "risoto", "risotot", "rissotto". The correct spelling is "risotto".
How do you pronounce "risotto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risotto" is [riˈzɔtto]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risotto" come from?
"risotto" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.