risquaient

\ʁis.kɛ\

/\ʁis.kɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“risquaient” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,515
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-risquaient · risquaient · French

risquaient · rank #38,515 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,515
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH RnB

Nearest frequency peer: RnB (+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 « risquaient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risquaient » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

risquaient vs risquent
80% similar
risquaient vs risquait
80% similar
risquaient vs risquant
80% similar

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

Key facts for risquaient
PropertyValue
Headwordrisquaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁis.kɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,515
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risquaient »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).risquaientse 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 « RnB » (#38,516), « reus » (#38,513), « rona » (#38,517). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risquaient » est au #38,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around risquaient (IPA \ʁis.kɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,515 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for risquaient, with forms such as "irsquaient", "riqsuaient", and "risqauient". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "risquent", "risquait", "risquant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 risquaient, spelled R-I-S-Q-U-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sous le régime soviétique, s’ils n’étaient pas regroupés en artels enregistrés, les koustars risquaient d’être persécutés par les autorités.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsquaient
  • riqsuaient
  • risqauient
  • risqquaient
  • risquaeint
  • risquaiennt
  • risquaientt
  • risquaietn
  • risquainet
  • risquiaent
  • rissquaient
  • risuqaient
  • rrisquaient
  • rsiquaient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irsquaient2riqsuaient2risqauient2risqquaient1risquaeint2risquaiennt1risquaientt1risquaietn2
Edit distance from "risquaient"

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 "risquaient"?
"risquaient" is spelled R-I-S-Q-U-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.kɛ\.
What does "risquaient" mean?
As a verb, "risquaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer.
What words are commonly confused with "risquaient"?
"risquaient" is commonly confused with "risquent", "risquait", "risquant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "risquaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risquaient" is \ʁis.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risquaient" come from?
"risquaient" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list