riz

\ʁi\

/\ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“riz” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,181) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,181
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénomination usuelle des plantes du genre Oryza de la famille des Poacées, céréale cultivée dans les terres humides et marécageuses des pays chauds.

Corpus desk

Index FR-riz · riz · French

riz · rank #4,181 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,181
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restant

Nearest frequency peer: restant (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “riz”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “riz” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

riz vs RT
0% similar
riz vs RP
0% similar
riz vs ru
33% similar

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

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

Où “riz” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rizse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restant » (#4,180), « récompense » (#4,182), « quête » (#4,179). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for riz is neighbouring look-alikes ("RT", "RP", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʁi\. Frequency #4,181 among 5,742 “R” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for riz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RT", "RP", "ru", 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 riz, spelled R-I-Z.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On constate par la suite une « poussée géographique du riz vers l’Indonésie, ainsi que vers le Tibet et le Japon. Au riz aquatique, ce « riz noble » auquel nous songeons le plus souvent et qui n’occupe que d’assez faibles superficies, il convient d’ajouter le riz à culture sèche, ou « riz pauvre », semé à même le sol après débroussaillement, sans aucun la…
  2. Le riz est moissonné proche du sol. L’égrenage de cette céréale à grain vêtu fait appel à deux techniques : le chaubage sur une grosse pierre et le dépiquage sous les sabots des bœufs.

This word in other languages

rice(English)arroz(Español)Reis(Deutsch)arroz(Português)

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

UMP#4,106onu#4,259sam#4,285dan#4,065

What to do next

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  • "riz" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "RT". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #4,181 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list