Which to use
“risquée” and “risqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,368
- “risquée” frequency rank
- #37,533
- “risqués” frequency rank
- 61901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risquée | risqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de risqué. | Masculin pluriel de risqué. |
Same sound, different letters: risquée vs risqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. risquée (CVCCVVV) and risqués (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - risquée and risqués
This is the hard kind. risquée and risqués are pronounced identically (\ʁis.ke\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “risquée” becomes s in “risqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61901, 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\. risqués is at rank #37,533, tagged as anadj, 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 61901, this pair ranks #89,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of risquée vs risqués
Shared letters: iqrsué. Private to "risquée": e. Private to "risqués": -.
"risquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "risqués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "risquée" and "risqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "risquée" or "risqués" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "risquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "risqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risquée" and "risqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "risqués vs roques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #89,848 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.