risquant

\ʁis.kɑ̃\

/\ʁis.kɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“risquant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,698
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de risquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-risquant · risquant · French

risquant · rank #31,698 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,698
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reza

Nearest frequency peer: reza (-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 « risquant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risquant » 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).

risquant vs risquent
88% similar
risquant vs risquons
75% similar
risquant vs risquait
88% similar

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

Key facts for risquant
PropertyValue
Headwordrisquant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁis.kɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,698
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risquant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).risquantse 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 « reza » (#31,697), « Rollin » (#31,699), « Reynaud » (#31,696). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risquant » est au #31,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around risquant (IPA \ʁis.kɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,698 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de risquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for risquant, with forms such as "irsquant", "riqsuant", and "risqaunt". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "risquent", "risquons", "risquait", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 risquant, spelled R-I-S-Q-U-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de risquer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsquant
  • riqsuant
  • risqaunt
  • risqquant
  • risquannt
  • risquantt
  • risquatn
  • risqunat
  • rissquant
  • risuqant
  • rrisquant
  • rsiquant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of risquant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

irsquant2riqsuant2risqaunt2risqquant1risquannt1risquantt1risquatn2risqunat2
Edit distance from "risquant"

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 "risquant"?
"risquant" is spelled R-I-S-Q-U-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.kɑ̃\.
What does "risquant" mean?
As a verb, "risquant" means: Participe présent de risquer.
What words are commonly confused with "risquant"?
"risquant" is commonly confused with "risquent", "risquons", "risquait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "risquant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risquant" is \ʁis.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risquant" come from?
"risquant" 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 "risquant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réfugiée#31,709renommer#31,686redouter#31,681recopier#31,679

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

redevienne12 variantssabbatique12 variantsSchultz12 variantsprêtant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list