raisin

\ʁɛ.zɛ̃\

/\ʁɛ.zɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“raisin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,649
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit de la vigne constitué d’une grappe de grains (baies) placés les uns à côté des autres d’une couleur clair à foncé suivant la variété.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raisin · raisin · French

raisin · rank #11,649 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,649
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ra

Nearest frequency peer: Ra (-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 « raisin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « raisin » 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).

raisin vs ravin
67% similar
raisin vs ricin
67% similar
raisin vs raison
83% similar

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

Key facts for raisin
PropertyValue
Headwordraisin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛ.zɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,649
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raisin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).raisinse 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 « Ra » (#11,648), « rallier » (#11,650), « pureté » (#11,647). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raisin » est au #11,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around raisin (IPA \ʁɛ.zɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,649 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for raisin, with forms such as "arisin", "raiisn", and "raisinn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ravin", "ricin", "raison", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is raisin, spelled R-A-I-S-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit de la vigne constitué d’une grappe de grains (baies) placés les uns à côté des autres d’une couleur clair à foncé suivant la variété.
  2. 2
    Se dit aussi d’un format de papier, en raison du filigrane, en forme de grappe, qui servait à le marquer.
  3. 3
    Grand raisin, papier de format un peu plus grand que le raisin ordinaire.
  4. 4
    Fard à lèvres rouge vif.
  5. 5
    Sang. Voir aussi raisiné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pères ont mangé des raisins verts, et les dents des enfants grincent.
  2. Où trouvera-t-il, dans le pays, deux pièces de vin bon, loyal & marchand, si tout le raisin qui y a été recueilli n’a fourni que du vin qui ne peut être d’aucun usage ?

This word in other languages

grape(English)uva(Español)Traube(Deutsch)uva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arisin
  • raiisn
  • raisinn
  • raisni
  • raissin
  • rasiin
  • riasin
  • rraisin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raisin - 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.

arisin2raiisn2raisinn1raisni2raissin1rasiin2riasin2rraisin1
Edit distance from "raisin"

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 "raisin"?
"raisin" is spelled R-A-I-S-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ.zɛ̃\.
What does "raisin" mean?
As a noun, "raisin" means: Fruit de la vigne constitué d’une grappe de grains (baies) placés les uns à côté des autres d’une couleur clair à foncé suivant la variété.
What words are commonly confused with "raisin"?
"raisin" is commonly confused with "ravin", "ricin", "raison". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raisin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raisin" is \ʁɛ.zɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raisin" come from?
"raisin" 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 "raisin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pureté#11,647pudeur#11,646prédit#11,643portez#11,638

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

rallier8 variantsRalph8 variantspigeon8 variantsSergio8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list