risotto

\ʁi.zo.to\

/\ʁi.zo.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“risotto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,044
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat italien à base de riz, revenu à l’huile d’olive, puis cuit au bouillon ajouté de façon progressive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-risotto · risotto · French

risotto · rank #37,044 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,044
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH revisiter

Nearest frequency peer: revisiter (-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 « risotto »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risotto » 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 risotto
PropertyValue
Headwordrisotto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.zo.to\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,044
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risotto »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).risottose 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 « revisiter » (#37,043), « rochette » (#37,045), « rotonde » (#37,046). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risotto » est au #37,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around risotto (IPA \ʁi.zo.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,044 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plat italien à base de riz, revenu à l’huile d’olive, puis cuit au bouillon ajouté de façon progressive.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for risotto, with forms such as "irsotto", "riostto", and "risoto". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is risotto, spelled R-I-S-O-T-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plat italien à base de riz, revenu à l’huile d’olive, puis cuit au bouillon ajouté de façon progressive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le risotto était superbe. Bébé me dit qu’elle n’avait encore jamais goûté de truffes blanches.

This word in other languages

risotto(English)Risotto(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsotto
  • riostto
  • risoto
  • risotot
  • rissotto
  • ristoto
  • rrisotto
  • rsiotto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of risotto - 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.

irsotto2riostto2risoto1risotot2rissotto1ristoto2rrisotto1rsiotto2
Edit distance from "risotto"

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 "risotto"?
"risotto" is spelled R-I-S-O-T-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.zo.to\.
What does "risotto" mean?
As a noun, "risotto" means: Plat italien à base de riz, revenu à l’huile d’olive, puis cuit au bouillon ajouté de façon progressive.
What are common misspellings of "risotto"?
Common misspellings include "irsotto", "riostto", "risoto", "risotot", "rissotto". The correct spelling is "risotto".
How do you pronounce "risotto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risotto" is \ʁi.zo.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risotto" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rotonde#37,046rendrez#37,036Régnier#37,053regagné#37,031

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Renato8 variantstrick8 variantsnicht8 variantsvengé8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list