# Riva vs rizo

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Riva
*name · IPA [ˈriβ̞a] · frequency rank #28,146*
Apellido.

### rizo
*adjective · IPA [ˈriso] · frequency rank #38,950*
Ensortijado o hecho rizos naturalmente.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/riva-vs-rizo