rizière
\ʁi.zjɛʁ\
The verdict
“rizière” is uncommon French (frequency #68,622 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,622
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champ de riz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-riziere · rizière · French
rizière · rank #68,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,622
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rigal
Nearest frequency peer: Rigal (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « rizière »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Rhein
Rhein
31,382 corpus weight
- Ricœur
Ricœur
31,381 corpus weight
- Rigal
Rigal
31,380 corpus weight
- rizière
rizière
31,379 corpus weight
- robotisée
robotisée
31,378 corpus weight
- rockabilly
rockabilly
31,377 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rizière » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rizière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.zjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rizière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rizière is uncommon French at frequency #68,622 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.zjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Champ de riz.".
Zero misspellings are on record for rizière in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rizière, spelled R-I-Z-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Champ de riz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rizière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'ennemi réel n'était pas le pauvre nhaqué enfoui dans la boue des rizières, le chleuh retrouvant son moukkala, le fellaga terré dans son djebel.
Blaise regarde son ancien champ de manioc, transformé en zone de reboisement, en espérant que l'eau reviendra. Ce paysan d’Ampitabe, au centre de Madagascar, a cédé le terrain qu'il cultivait à sa communauté. À vrai dire, le sol épuisé ne donnait plus rien. Pour planter, la forêt qui recouvrait sa parcelle a été brûlée depuis longtemps. Les arbres n’ont p…
This word in other languages
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.
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