risquons

\ʁis.kɔ̃\

/\ʁis.kɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“risquons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,124
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-risquons · risquons · French

risquons · rank #43,124 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,124
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rhénanie

Nearest frequency peer: Rhénanie (-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 « risquons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risquons » 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).

risquons vs risqués
75% similar
risquons vs risquent
75% similar
risquons vs risquant
75% similar

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

Key facts for risquons
PropertyValue
Headwordrisquons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁis.kɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,124
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risquons »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).risquonsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Rhénanie » (#43,123), « RL » (#43,125), « revis » (#43,122). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risquons » est au #43,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around risquons (IPA \ʁis.kɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,124 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 risquons, with forms such as "irsquons", "riqsuons", and "risqouns". 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, "risqués", "risquent", "risquant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is risquons, spelled R-I-S-Q-U-O-N-S.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est, ni plus ni moins, envisagé de (risquons ce néologisme) se stellariser, entrer dans la catégorie des étoiles (pensons à Rameau), non pour y briller soi-même, mais pour que l’œuvre participe à sa façon et par son poids, par son movimentum, au fonctionnement universel - ce qui exige la traversée (car Ponge file avec soin la métaphore) de deux états o…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsquons
  • riqsuons
  • risqouns
  • risqquons
  • risqunos
  • risquonns
  • risquonss
  • risquosn
  • rissquons
  • risuqons
  • rrisquons
  • rsiquons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irsquons2riqsuons2risqouns2risqquons1risqunos2risquonns1risquonss1risquosn2
Edit distance from "risquons"

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 "risquons"?
"risquons" is spelled R-I-S-Q-U-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.kɔ̃\.
What does "risquons" mean?
As a verb, "risquons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer.
What words are commonly confused with "risquons"?
"risquons" is commonly confused with "risqués", "risquent", "risquant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "risquons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risquons" is \ʁis.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risquons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list