riez

\ʁi.je\

/\ʁi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“riez” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,797) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#25,797
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de rire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-riez · riez · French

riez · rank #25,797 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,797
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Richter

Nearest frequency peer: Richter (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « riez »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « riez » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

riez vs rue
50% similar
riez vs rio
50% similar
riez vs riz
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for riez
PropertyValue
Headwordriez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁi.je\
Letters4
Frequency rank#25,797
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « riez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).riezse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Richter » (#25,796), « rincer » (#25,798), « rev » (#25,795). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « riez » est au #25,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for riez is neighbouring look-alikes ("rue", "rio", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \ʁi.je\. Frequency #25,797 among 5,742 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for riez, with forms such as "reiz", "riezz", and "rize". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rue", "rio", "riz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is riez, spelled R-I-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de rire.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de rire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Faites-y réflexion, Mesdames ! riez de mes polichinelleries, mais ne riez pas de moi ; vous m’enterreriez tout vif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • reiz
  • riezz
  • rize
  • rriez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

reiz2riezz1rize2rriez1
Edit distance from "riez"

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 "riez"?
"riez" is spelled R-I-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.je\.
What does "riez" mean?
As a verb, "riez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de rire.
What words are commonly confused with "riez"?
"riez" is commonly confused with "rue", "rio", "riz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "riez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riez" is \ʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riez" come from?
"riez" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

TITO#25,837noce#25,752momo#25,739Webb#25,855

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list