riskant
\ʁɪsˈkant\
The verdict
“riskant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Risqué, risquant : dangereux, périlleux, qui comporte un risque élevé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-riskant · riskant · French
riskant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | riskant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɪsˈkant\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
riskant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɪsˈkant\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for riskant, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 riskant, spelled R-I-S-K-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Risqué, risquant : dangereux, périlleux, qui comporte un risque élevé.
- 2Risqué : spéculatif, exposé à un risque élevé de pertes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how riskant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich würde dich davon abraten, den Pazifik alleine mit einem Ruderboot zu überqueren: Es ist zu riskant!
Mittels riskantester Manöver gelang es der Besatzung, dem Piratenschiff zu entweichen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.