raid
\ʁɛd\
The verdict
“raid” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,139) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #8,139
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incursion rapide en territoire ennemi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raid · raid · French
raid · rank #8,139 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,139
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH radios
Nearest frequency peer: radios (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “raid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pull
pull
91,866 corpus weight
- quotidienne…
quotidiennement
91,864 corpus weight
- radios
radios
91,863 corpus weight
- raid
raid
91,862 corpus weight
- recueillir
recueillir
91,860 corpus weight
- reflet
reflet
91,859 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “raid” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛd\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raid” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for raid is neighbouring look-alikes ("RD", "roi", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʁɛd\. Frequency #8,139 among 5,742 “R” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for raid, with forms such as "arid", "radi", and "raidd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RD", "roi", "red", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raid, spelled R-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1Incursion rapide en territoire ennemi.
- 2Raid financier : Tentative de prise de contrôle d’une société par l’achat massif de ses actions, le plus souvent à prime.
- 3Opération, généralement de faible envergure, comportant une incursion rapide en territoire ennemi pour recueillir des renseignements, semer la confusion chez l’adversaire ou détruire ses installations, et qui se termine par un repli préparé après exécution de la mission reçue. — (OTAN AAP-6)
- 4Épreuve d’endurance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il me dit que les tanks avaient percé les lignes de défense allemandes et avaient entrepris un raid à l’arrière des lignes ennemies.
Boris Johnson raconte que le lieutenant-général de l'armée britannique, Doug Chalmers, lui avait dit qu'un raid avec de petites embarcations pour traverser la Manche et naviguer dans les canaux néerlandais serait possible, tout en l'avertissant des conséquences diplomatiques. "Si nous sommes détectés, nous devrons expliquer pourquoi nous envahissons, de f…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arid
- radi
- raidd
- rraid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raid - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "raid" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "RD". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,139 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.