riesling

\ʁis.liŋ\

/\ʁis.liŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“riesling” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,002
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cépage donnant de petits raisins blancs, serrés en petites grappes compactes. On le trouve principalement en Alsace et en Moselle. En 2009 il y en avait 3300 hectares en France, 1000 hectares en Cr...

Corpus desk

Index FR-riesling · riesling · French

riesling · rank #47,002 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,002
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH RFID

Nearest frequency peer: RFID (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « riesling »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « riesling » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for riesling
PropertyValue
Headwordriesling
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁis.liŋ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,002
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « riesling »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rieslingse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « RFID » (#47,001), « roe » (#47,003), « retournements » (#47,000). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « riesling » est au #47,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around riesling (IPA \ʁis.liŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,002 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for riesling, with forms such as "iresling", "reisling", and "rielsing". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is riesling, spelled R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage donnant de petits raisins blancs, serrés en petites grappes compactes. On le trouve principalement en Alsace et en Moselle. En 2009 il y en avait 3300 hectares en France, 1000 hectares en Croatie, 22000 hectares en 2000 en Allemagne.
  2. 2
    Vin blanc issu de ce cépage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how riesling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le cépage Scheu, également appelé S 88 est un produit du pépiniériste Scheu à Alzey (Rhénanie-Hesse). C'est un croisement entre le Sylvaner X Riesling (…), à maturation moyennement précoce donnant un vin à goût très prononcé, rappelant les groseilles noires.
  2. Elle répertoria un margaux, quatre sauternes, deux château-d’yquem, trois rieslings et un pommard, mais pas de romanée-conti.

This word in other languages

Riesling(English)Riesling(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iresling
  • reisling
  • rielsing
  • riesilng
  • rieslign
  • rieslingg
  • rieslinng
  • rieslling
  • rieslnig
  • riessling
  • riseling
  • rriesling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riesling - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iresling2reisling2rielsing2riesilng2rieslign2rieslingg1rieslinng1rieslling1
Edit distance from "riesling"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "riesling"?
"riesling" is spelled R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.liŋ\.
What does "riesling" mean?
As a noun, "riesling" means: Cépage donnant de petits raisins blancs, serrés en petites grappes compactes. On le trouve principalement en Alsace et en Moselle. En 2009 il y en avait 3300 hectares en France, 1000 hectares en Cr...
What are common misspellings of "riesling"?
Common misspellings include "iresling", "reisling", "rielsing", "riesilng", "rieslign". The correct spelling is "riesling".
How do you pronounce "riesling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riesling" is \ʁis.liŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riesling" come from?
"riesling" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rousseff#47,008reposera#46,995récoltée#47,014remariée#46,990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Raymonde12 variantsprénommée12 variantspenchait12 variantsstatuant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list