risquent

\ʁisk\

/\ʁisk\/ verb

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The verdict

“risquent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,622
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-risquent · risquent · French

risquent · rank #7,622 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,622
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH revues

Nearest frequency peer: revues (-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 « risquent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risquent » 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).

risquent vs risquer
75% similar
risquent vs risquez
75% similar
risquent vs risqués
63% similar

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

Key facts for risquent
PropertyValue
Headwordrisquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁisk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,622
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risquent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.risquentse 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 « revues » (#7,621), « Roumanie » (#7,623), « ressembler » (#7,620). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risquent » est au #7,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around risquent (IPA \ʁisk\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,622 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for risquent, with forms such as "irsquent", "riqsuent", and "risqeunt". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "risquer", "risquez", "risqués", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is risquent, spelled R-I-S-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de risquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle doit présider une réunion du Conseil d’orientation des conditions de travail, au sein duquel les syndicats et les associations de victimes des dommages liés au travail, largement représentés risquent de lui susurrer des mots doux.
  2. Personne ne répondant, ils se risquent à lécher les murs : Hansel arrache un gros morceau de la grille, que sa sœur et lui se mettent à grignotter à belles dents….

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsquent
  • riqsuent
  • risqeunt
  • risqquent
  • risquennt
  • risquentt
  • risquetn
  • risqunet
  • rissquent
  • risuqent
  • rrisquent
  • rsiquent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irsquent2riqsuent2risqeunt2risqquent1risquennt1risquentt1risquetn2risqunet2
Edit distance from "risquent"

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

Same letter count

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

Roumanie#7,623protégée#7,612touchent#7,633pensions#7,608

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list