Which to use
“risqué” is an adjective and “risquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,031
- “risqué” frequency rank
- #18,312
- “risquez” frequency rank
- 26343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risqué | risquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente un risque certain. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer. |
Letter map: risqué vs risquez
Shared letters muted; letters that set risqué and risquez apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for risqué / risquez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: risqué is anadjective and risquezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
risqué is recorded at frequency rank #8,031, classified as anadj. risquez is at rank #18,312, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁis.ke\.
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 26343, this pair ranks #335,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of risqué vs risquez
Shared letters: iqrsu. Private to "risqué": é. Private to "risquez": ez.
"risqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "risquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- risquez ← irsquez · riqsuez · risqeuz · risqquez · risquezz · risquze · rissquez · risuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "risqué" and "risquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "risqué" or "risquez"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "risqué" and "risquez".
- Full dictionary entry for "risqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "risquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,600 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risqué" and "risquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "risquées vs risquez". 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 #335,600 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.