Which to use
“risquaient” and “risquait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,515
- “risquaient” frequency rank
- #17,552
- “risquait” frequency rank
- 56067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risquaient | risquait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer. |
Same sound, different letters: risquaient vs risquait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - risquaient and risquait
This is the hard kind. risquaient and risquait are pronounced identically (\ʁis.kɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
risquaient is recorded at frequency rank #38,515, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁis.kɛ\. risquait is at rank #17,552, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁis.kɛ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56067, this pair ranks #123,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of risquaient vs risquait
Shared letters: aiqrstu. Private to "risquaient": en. Private to "risquait": -.
"risquaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVVVCC · "risquait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- risquaient ← irsquaient · riqsuaient · risqauient · risqquaient · risquaeint · risquaiennt · risquaientt · risquaietn
- risquait ← irsquait · riqsuait · risqauit · risqquait · risquaitt · risquati · risquiat · rissquait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "risquaient" for "risquait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "risquaient" or "risquait"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "risquaient" / "risquait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "risquaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "risquait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risquaient" and "risquait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "risquaient vs risqueraient". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #123,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.