riesgo

/[ˈrjesɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,155

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

riesgo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Proximidad o posibilidad de que alguien o algo sufra un perjuicio o daño. Pronounced [ˈrjesɣ̞o]. It ranks #1,155 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ruego and ringo.

Key facts for riesgo
PropertyValue
Headwordriesgo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrjesɣ̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,155
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of riesgo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for riesgo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrjesɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,155 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for riesgo, with forms such as "iresgo", "reisgo", and "riegso". 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 also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ruego", "ringo", "risco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Spanish form is riesgo, spelled R-I-E-S-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proximidad o posibilidad de que alguien o algo sufra un perjuicio o daño.
  2. 2
    Situación en que puede darse esa posibilidad.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las contingencias contra las que puede contratarse un seguro.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iresgo,reisgo,riegso,riesggo,riesog,riessgo,risego,rriesgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for riesgo

Misspelling Variants of "riesgo"

iresgo6reisgo6riegso6riesggo7riesog6riessgo7risego6rriesgo7
Misspelling Variants of "riesgo"

Frequency rank: #1,155 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "riesgo"?
"riesgo" is spelled R-I-E-S-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrjesɣ̞o].
What does "riesgo" mean?
As a noun, "riesgo" means: Proximidad o posibilidad de que alguien o algo sufra un perjuicio o daño.
What words are commonly confused with "riesgo"?
"riesgo" is commonly confused with "ruego", "ringo", "risco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "riesgo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riesgo" is [ˈrjesɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riesgo" come from?
"riesgo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.