riesling
\ʁis.liŋ\
The verdict
“riesling” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #47,002 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,002
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | riesling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁis.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “riesling” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for riesling is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁis.liŋ\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,002 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Cépage 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.
- 2Vin blanc issu de ce cépage.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “riesling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁis.liŋ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.