riz

/\ʁi\/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,181

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

riz is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dénomination usuelle des plantes du genre Oryza de la famille des Poacées, céréale cultivée dans les terres humides et marécageuses des pays chauds. Pronounced \ʁi\. It ranks #4,181 in French word frequency. Often confused with RT and RP.

Key facts for riz
PropertyValue
Headwordriz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi\
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for riz is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,181 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for riz in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RT", "RP", "ru", 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 riz, spelled R-I-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dénomination usuelle des plantes du genre Oryza de la famille des Poacées, céréale cultivée dans les terres humides et marécageuses des pays chauds.
  2. 2
    Sans autre précision, désigne Oryza sativa qui est l’espèce la plus cultivée et la plus consommé au monde.
  3. 3
    Nom donné à diverses plantes (ainsi que leurs graines) qui ressemblent aux riz et sont utilisées de la même manière, comme par exemple le riz sauvage (Zizania palustris, famille des Poacées).
  4. 4
    Grain farineux produit par ces plantes.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #4,181 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "riz"?
"riz" is spelled R-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi\.
What does "riz" mean?
As a noun, "riz" means: Dénomination usuelle des plantes du genre Oryza de la famille des Poacées, céréale cultivée dans les terres humides et marécageuses des pays chauds.
What words are commonly confused with "riz"?
"riz" is commonly confused with "RT", "RP", "ru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "riz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riz" is \ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riz" come from?
"riz" 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.