raide

\ʁɛd\

/\ʁɛd\/ adj

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The verdict

“raide” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,455
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raide · raide · French

raide · rank #13,455 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,455
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH québécoises

Nearest frequency peer: québécoises (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « raide »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « raide » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raide vs rie
60% similar
raide vs rire
60% similar
raide vs rare
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raide
PropertyValue
Headwordraide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,455
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raide »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).raidese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « québécoises » (#13,454), « rassemblé » (#13,456), « pèlerins » (#13,453). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raide » est au #13,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around raide (IPA \ʁɛd\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,455 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for raide, with forms such as "radie", "raidde", and "raied". 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, "rie", "rire", "rare", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is raide, spelled R-A-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer.
  2. 2
    Ce qui manque ou paraît manquer de souplesse, de grâce.
  3. 3
    Qui est inflexible, opiniâtre, dur.
  4. 4
    Qui a une pente difficile à monter ou à descendre.
  5. 5
    Qui a un mouvement rapide et violent, une trajectoire très tendue.
  6. 6
    Qui est difficile à admettre, dur à accepter.
  7. 7
    Qui est inconvenant.
  8. 8
    Fauché, désargenté.
  9. 9
    Raide mort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tendez cette corde davantage, elle n’est pas assez raide.
  2. Il était tout raide de froid.

This word in other languages

stiff(English)rígido(Español)steif(Deutsch)rijo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • radie
  • raidde
  • raied
  • riade
  • rraide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

radie2raidde1raied2riade2rraide1
Edit distance from "raide"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raide"?
"raide" is spelled R-A-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛd\.
What does "raide" mean?
As an adjective, "raide" means: Qui est très tendu et qui a de la peine à ployer.
What words are commonly confused with "raide"?
"raide" is commonly confused with "rie", "rire", "rare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raide" is \ʁɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raide" come from?
"raide" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rhume#13,467ruiné#13,469Sacha#13,471sente#13,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

vanne5 variantsviole5 variantsiron5 variantsaccru5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list