Which to use
“risquée” is an adjective and “risquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,368
- “risquée” frequency rank
- #8,300
- “risquer” frequency rank
- 32668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risquée | risquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de risqué. | Hasarder, exposer à un danger possible, à une chance douteuse. |
Same sound, different letters: risquée vs risquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - risquée / risquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: risquée and risquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁis.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
risquée is recorded at frequency rank #24,368, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁis.ke\. risquer is at rank #8,300, 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 32668, this pair ranks #295,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of risquée vs risquer
Shared letters: eiqrsu. Private to "risquée": é. Private to "risquer": -.
"risquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "risquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- risquer ← irsquer · riqsuer · risqeur · risqquer · risquerr · risqure · rissquer · risuqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "risquée" for "risquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "risquée" or "risquer"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "risquée" / "risquer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "risquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "risquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risquée" and "risquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "risquée vs risquées". 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 #295,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.