Which to use
“risquer” and “risquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,300
- “risquer” frequency rank
- #18,312
- “risquez” frequency rank
- 26612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risquer | risquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hasarder, exposer à un danger possible, à une chance douteuse. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de risquer. |
Same sound, different letters: risquer vs risquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - risquer / risquez
This is the hard kind. risquer and risquez are pronounced identically (\ʁis.ke\) 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 a single letter - r in “risquer” becomes z in “risquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
risquer is recorded at frequency rank #8,300, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁis.ke\. 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 26612, this pair ranks #333,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of risquer vs risquez
Shared letters: eiqrsu. Private to "risquer": -. Private to "risquez": z.
"risquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "risquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "risquer" and "risquez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "risquer" or "risquez" show up more?
What to do next
"risquer" and "risquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "risquer" 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 #333,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risquer" 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 #333,902 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.