risquez

/\ʁis.ke\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,312

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

risquez is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer. Pronounced \ʁis.ke\. Often confused with risqué and risquer.

Key facts for risquez
PropertyValue
Headwordrisquez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁis.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,312
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of risquez in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for risquez is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁis.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,312 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for risquez, with forms such as "irsquez", "riqsuez", and "risqeuz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "risqué", "risquer", "risquée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is risquez, spelled R-I-S-Q-U-E-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de risquer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irsquez,riqsuez,risqeuz,risqquez,risquezz,risquze,rissquez,risuqez,rrisquez,rsiquez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for risquez

Misspelling Variants of "risquez"

irsquez7riqsuez7risqeuz7risqquez8risquezz8risquze7rissquez8risuqez7
Misspelling Variants of "risquez"

Frequency rank: #18,312 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "risquez"?
"risquez" is spelled R-I-S-Q-U-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.ke\.
What does "risquez" mean?
As a verb, "risquez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer.
What words are commonly confused with "risquez"?
"risquez" is commonly confused with "risqué", "risquer", "risquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "risquez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risquez" is \ʁis.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risquez" come from?
"risquez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.