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rater/ratez/raté/ratée/ratées/ratés

"rater" (#6,018 written frequency) beats "ratez" (#30,769) in this 6-word /\ʁa.te\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\ʁa.te\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "rater" leads at #6,018, with "ratez" trailing at #30,769.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "rater" keeps r, "ratez" writes z at letter 5.
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "rater" (5 letters) vs "raté" (4).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "rater" (5 letters) vs "ratée" (5).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "rater" (5 letters) vs "ratées" (6).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "rater" (5 letters) vs "ratés" (5).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "ratez" (5 letters) vs "raté" (4).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "ratez" (5 letters) vs "ratée" (5).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "ratez" (5 letters) vs "ratées" (6).
Shared stem "rat" then splits - "ratez" (5 letters) vs "ratés" (5).
Shared stem "raté" then splits - "raté" (4 letters) vs "ratée" (5).
Shared stem "raté" then splits - "raté" (4 letters) vs "ratées" (6).
Shared stem "raté" then splits - "raté" (4 letters) vs "ratés" (5).
Shared stem "ratée" then splits - "ratée" (5 letters) vs "ratées" (6).
Single-letter fork: "ratée" keeps e, "ratés" writes s at letter 5.
Shared stem "raté" then splits - "ratées" (6 letters) vs "ratés" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across rater, ratez, raté, ratée, ratées, ratés: art. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

rater
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aert · private e
ratez
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aertz · private ez
raté
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory arté · private é
ratée
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory aerté · private eé
ratées
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory aersté · private esé
ratés
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory arsté · private sé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "rater" when you mean: Ne pas partir, en parlant d’une arme à feu.
Write "ratez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rater.
Write "raté" when you mean: Qui a raté, qui a échoué, qui n’a pas atteint son but.
Write "ratée" when you mean: Femme qui n’a pas réussi dans une entreprise, dans une démarche, dans sa vie, etc.
Write "ratées" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de raté.
Write "ratés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de raté.