Which to use
“risquaient” and “risquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,515
- “risquaient” frequency rank
- #7,622
- “risquent” frequency rank
- 46137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risquaient | risquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de risquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer. |
Where the eye mixes risquaient and risquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: risquaient vs risquent
A purely visual mix-up. risquaient (\ʁis.kɛ\) and risquent (\ʁisk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46137, 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\. risquent is at rank #7,622, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁisk\.
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 46137, this pair ranks #197,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of risquaient vs risquent
Shared letters: einqrstu. Private to "risquaient": a. Private to "risquent": -.
"risquaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVVVCC · "risquent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- risquaient ← irsquaient · riqsuaient · risqauient · risqquaient · risquaeint · risquaiennt · risquaientt · risquaietn
- risquent ← irsquent · riqsuent · risqeunt · risqquent · risquennt · risquentt · risquetn · risqunet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "risquaient" and "risquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "risquaient" or "risquent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "risquaient" and "risquent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "risquaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "risquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risquaient" and "risquent" 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 #197,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.