raie

/\ʁɛ\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,222

in French word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

raie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ligne tracée sur une surface. Pronounced \ʁɛ\. Often confused with Re and rue.

Key facts for raie
PropertyValue
Headwordraie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,222
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of raie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for raie is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,222 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for raie, with forms such as "raei", "riae", and "rraie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Re", "rue", "roi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is raie, spelled R-A-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ligne tracée sur une surface.
  2. 2
    Ligne plus longue que large, soit naturelle, comme sur la peau des animaux, sur les marbres, etc., soit artificielle, comme sur les étoffes.
  3. 3
    Rayon, ligne.
  4. 4
    Quelqu’une des lignes plus ou moins noires, ou plus ou moins brillantes, d'un spectre lumineux.
  5. 5
    Entre-deux des sillons.
  6. 6
    Séparation de cheveux qui se fait, naturellement ou avec le peigne, sur le haut de la tête.
  7. 7
    Ligne tracée sur le sol pour marquer les délimitations du terrain (le cadre), notamment la raie pied de jeu.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: raei,riae,rraie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for raie

Misspelling Variants of "raie"

raei4riae4rraie5
Misspelling Variants of "raie"

Frequency rank: #16,222 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raie"?
"raie" is spelled R-A-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ\.
What does "raie" mean?
As a noun, "raie" means: Ligne tracée sur une surface.
What words are commonly confused with "raie"?
"raie" is commonly confused with "Re", "rue", "roi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raie" is \ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raie" come from?
"raie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.